Green’s Dictionary of Slang

rapping adj.

[SE rap, a blow]

enormous, huge.

[UK]Hotten Dict. of Modern Sl. etc. (2nd edn).
[UK]Hotten Sl. Dict.
[UK]Sl. Dict.
[Aus]C. Crowe Aus. Sl. Dict. 65: Rapping, enormous, as a‘rapping big oath’.