bopverb
uk/bɒp/us/bɑːp/-pp-bop verb (DANCE)
[ I ] informal to dance to pop music:
They were all bopping to the music.
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Dance & choreography
- arabesque
- ballerina
- ballet
- ballet shoe
- ballroom dancing
- ceilidh
- corps de ballet
- dance studio
- dancer
- fandango
- flamenco
- foxtrot
- pirouette
- pointes
- polka
- prima ballerina
- quickstep
- rumba
- strut your stuff idiom
- war dance
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bop verb (HIT)
[ T usually + adv/prep ] humorous to hit someone or something, especially in a friendly way:
to bop someone on the head
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Hitting and beating
- a bunch of fives idiom
- a rap on/over the knuckles idiom
- at-risk
- bang up sb/sth
- bashing
- deck
- kick
- knock
- knock sb's block off idiom
- lay
- lay sb out
- licking
- mess sb up
- pasting
- pound
- pummel
- put the boot in idiom
- swing
- thump
- whack
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bopnoun
uk/bɒp/us/bɑːp/bop noun (MUSIC)
[ U ] also bebop a type of jazz music first played by small groups in the 1940s
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Jazz & blues
- acid jazz
- bebop
- blues
- dixieland
- free jazz
- funky
- honky-tonk
- jazz
- jazzy
- modern jazz
- R & B
- rhythm and blues
- scat
- skiffle
- stride piano
- swing
- trad
- twelve-bar blues
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bop noun (DANCE)
[ C usually singular ] mainly UK a dance to pop music:
There are a couple of decent clubs where you can go for a bop.
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Dance & choreography
- arabesque
- ballerina
- ballet
- ballet shoe
- ballroom dancing
- ceilidh
- corps de ballet
- dance studio
- dancer
- fandango
- flamenco
- foxtrot
- pirouette
- pointes
- polka
- prima ballerina
- quickstep
- rumba
- strut your stuff idiom
- war dance
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boppy
adjective uk/ˈbɒp.i/us/ˈbɑː.pi/informal
Boppy music is good for dancing to.