bop
1[ bop ]
/ bɒp /
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), bopped, bop·ping.
Slang. to move, go, or proceed (often followed by on down): Let's bop on down to the party.
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Origin of bop
11945–50, Americanism;(be)bop
Definition for bop (2 of 2)
bop2
[ bop ]
/ bɒp /
verb (used with object), bopped, bop·ping.
to strike, as with the fist or a stick; hit.
noun
a blow.
Origin of bop
2First recorded in 1935–40; variant of bob3
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Example sentences from the Web for bop
Taken as a whole, they form a seamless litany of bops intended to commemorate and celebrate getting through the Covid-19 pandemic.
It was superficial and jumpy and herky-jerky, bopping all over the place.
They came in bouncing, bubbly, bopping off him like popcorn.
They had been perfectly normal juvenile delinquents, stealing cars and bopping a stray policeman or two.
Occasion for Disaster|Gordon Randall Garrett
British Dictionary definitions for bop (1 of 2)
bop1
/ (bɒp) /
noun
a form of jazz originating in the 1940s, characterized by rhythmic and harmonic complexity and instrumental virtuosityOriginally called: bebop
informal a session of dancing to pop music
verb bops, bopping or bopped
(intr) informal to dance to pop music
Derived forms of bop
bopper, nounWord Origin for bop
C20: shortened from bebop
British Dictionary definitions for bop (2 of 2)
bop2
/ (bɒp) informal /
verb bops, bopping or bopped
(tr) to strike; hit
noun
a blow
Word Origin for bop
C19: of imitative origin
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