Meaning

1 senses
  1. (slang)An undeservedly poor reputation.

    Brussels sprouts get a bad rap: many kids hate them before they ever taste them.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. She gets a bad rap.

  2. He gets a bad rap.

  3. Millennials often get a bad rap from older generations who think young adults had it too easy growing up.

  4. Serpents have had a bad rap ever since the Garden of Eden.

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Translations

1 languages

Forms

plural: bad raps
Singularbad rap
Pluralbad raps

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbum rap

See also

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