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bop
1[ bop ]
noun
- Also called bebop. early modern jazz developed in the early 1940s and characterized by often dissonant triadic and chromatic chords, fast tempos and eccentric rhythms, intricate melodic lines punctuated by pop-tune phrases, and emphasizing the inventiveness of soloists. Compare cool jazz, hard bop, modern jazz, progressive jazz.
verb (used without object)
- Slang. to move, go, or proceed (often followed by on down ):
Let's bop on down to the party.
bop
2[ bop ]
verb (used with object)
- to strike, as with the fist or a stick; hit.
noun
- a blow.
bop
1/ ɒ /
noun
- a form of jazz originating in the 1940s, characterized by rhythmic and harmonic complexity and instrumental virtuosity Originally calledbebop
- informal.a session of dancing to pop music
verb
- informal.intr to dance to pop music
bop
2/ ɒ /
verb
- tr to strike; hit
noun
- a blow
Derived Forms
- ˈDZ, noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bop1
Origin of bop2
Example Sentences
Now, he’s lost the one place he could bop around as freely and easily as any other 10-year-old.
SZA’s Alyssa is a bohemian who bops around in a daze with painted flowers on her car and stuffed animals on her shoes.
Musk, who was attending a Mar-a-Lago dinner with his mother, was caught on video bopping along to Trump campaign rally staple "Y.M.C.A."
For a strange hour, one could digest Sunday brunch, laugh, cry, reflect, bop along to the music, quietly listen or let it all out in a deafening collective primal scream.
The former president also tossed a barb at a Trump town hall on Monday, during which the candidate paused questions to bop along to his playlist for nearly 40 minutes.
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