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How to pronounce raps

“raps” pronunciation in American and Australian English

Listen to raps in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

“raps” in real sentences

197 clips in the index · 5 American · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. were what I call 'quiet-loud raps', where he just raps really quiet and then he raps

    ABC Entertainment (AU)

  2. [she raps] ♪ Listen up, kids.

    Taskmaster

  3. raps kind like the doctor

    Vanity Fair

  4. PROGRESSIVE, CHARISMATIC, AND HE RAPS!

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Words that sound like “raps”

Words one sound away from raps — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.

Other forms of “raps”

Why real speech

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