Слово "rap". Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

I was greatly elated by these orders; but my heart smote me for my selfishness, when I witnessed their effect on Mr. Dick, who was so low-spirited at the prospect of our separation, and played so ill in consequence, that my aunt, after giving him several admonitory raps on the knuckles with her dice-box, shut up the board, and declined to play with him any more.

For a minute or two she stood looking at the house, and wondering what to do next, when suddenly a footman in livery came running out of the wood—(she considered him to be a footman because he was in livery: otherwise, judging by his face only, she would have called him a fish)—and rapped loudly at the door with his knuckles.

That rap on the conk cost him $322, believe it or not.

There was a sharp ringing rap on the door.

Then he rapped on the door with a bit of stick like a handspike that he carried, and when my father appeared, called roughly for a glass of rum.

Machine guns were emitting their rap-rap, and the sultry stillness was rent by constant salvoes.

‘Come now, you don’t think I could let you take the rap while I shelter behind my world-wide reputation, do you? Really… I’m a Moscow University graduate, not a Sharikov.’

“Very well.” Judge Lawrence Waldman rapped his gavel on the bench. “This court stands adjourned until two o’clock.”

And leading the way, she went across to the parlour door and rapped and entered.

And his wife, a very respectable lady, even simply became jealous of Koroviev over the pirate, and even rapped with her teaspoon, as if to say: why are we kept waiting? ... It's time the ice cream was served.

«But surely you will think more of me when you hear the splendid thoughts my new brain is going to turn out. » Then he said good-bye to them all in a cheerful voice and went to the Throne Room, where he rapped upon the door.

"You needn't apologise, Mr. Potter, if you were required to read ahead you would have been told to do so." McGonagall's fingers rapped the desk in front of her.

For a minute or two she stood looking at the house, and wondering what to do next, when suddenly a footman in livery came running out of the wood—(she considered him to be a footman because he was in livery: otherwise, judging by his face only, she would have called him a fish)—and rapped loudly at the door with his knuckles.

“If you should ask me,” said Honey with mysterious importance, “there’s only one person she does give a rap about.

The district attorney rapped out,

He rapped out his next question sharply. I felt rather that I was in the orderly room.

Then he pulled the speakwrite towards him and rapped out a message in the hybrid jargon of the Ministries:

'Arms bending and stretching!' she rapped out. 'Take your time by me. ONE, two, three, four! ONE, two, three, four!

"Russia will not forget you," Ostap rapped out.