outrap

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

out- +‎ rap

Verb[edit]

outrap (third-person singular simple present outraps, present participle outrapping, simple past and past participle outrapped)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in rapping (speaking lyrics in rap music); to rap better than.
    • 2009 September 17, Jon Caramanica, “The Anxiety of Being Influential”, in New York Times[1]:
      And on “The Jay Leno Show” his performance of “Run This Town” was swallowed whole by Mr. West, who outrapped him and outemoted him all at once.