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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bop1 /bɑp/USA pronunciation n., v., bopped, bop•ping. n. [uncountable] - Music and DanceAlso called bebop. jazz music characterized by dissonant harmonies, fast speeds, and complex rhythms and melodies.
v. [no object] - to dance to bop music.
- Slang TermsSlang. to move, go, or proceed:They bopped down the street.
bop2 /bɑp/USA pronunciation v., bopped, bop•ping, n. Slang.v. [~ + object] - to strike, as with the fist or a stick;
hit:cartoon characters bopping each other on the head.
n. [countable] - a blow:a few bops on the head.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bop1 (bop),USA pronunciation n., v., bopped, bop•ping. n. - Music, Music and DanceAlso 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. Cf. cool jazz, hard bop, modern jazz, progressive jazz.
v.i. - Slang Termsto move, go, or proceed (often fol. by on down):Let's bop on down to the party.
- (be)bop 1945–50, American.
- to strike, as with the fist or a stick;
hit.
n. - a blow.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bop /bɒp/ n - a form of jazz originating in the 1940s, characterized by rhythmic and harmonic complexity and instrumental virtuosity
Originally called: bebop
vb (bops, bopping, bopped)- (intransitive) informal to dance to pop music
Etymology: 20th Century: shortened from bebopˈbopper n bop /bɒp/ informal vb (bops, bopping, bopped)- (transitive) to strike; hit
n - a blow
Etymology: 19th Century: of imitative origin |