bop
1Also 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.
Slang. to move, go, or proceed (often followed by on down): Let's bop on down to the party.
Origin of bop
1Words Nearby bop
Other definitions for bop (2 of 2)
to strike, as with the fist or a stick; hit.
a blow.
Origin of bop
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How to use bop in a sentence
Now, the once ubiquitous bop is back, interpolated into “Energy,” the fifth track on Renaissance.
What to Know About Beyoncé's Controversial Interpolation of Kelis' 'Milkshake' on Renaissance | Laura Zornosa | July 29, 2022 | TimeAfter debuting in 2017, ONF has consistently released theatrical, dramatic bops.
The queens of the early aughts linked up in separate locations to bring bops that brought us back to Jansport backpacks and Jersey dresses.
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How a ‘Real Housewife’ Survives Prison: ‘I Don’t See [Teresa Giudice] Having a Cakewalk Here’ | Michael Howard | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTbop had produced self-conscious artists who refused to bow to conventional assumptions of what was entertaining.
He would do a harried married man or an old horse on its last legs or a bop musician named Cool Cees or a whole Italian movie.
Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview | Alex Belth | February 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTKayleigh Roberts, the online editor of bop and Tiger Beat, had her own take on the phenomenon.
Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj, and Lady Gaga’s Fan Armies Rally on Twitter | Tricia Romano | January 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe gave her permission later in the trial to slap/wallop/hit/punch/smack/bop him again and the result was fantastic.
Once in a while to be sure a head grows a bit too big and then we all take a bop at it!
Kenny | Leona DalrympleStrange to say this was not my first linguistic effort, which was, as a matter of fact, the Romany word "bop."
The quota is supposed to be used only in extreme bop distress.
After the Rain | Sam VakninThere is another "p" and an "e" tacked on to bop, but I have eliminated the unnecessary and call him "Bob" for short.
The Parthenon By Way Of Papendrecht | F. Hopkinson SmithTo “bop” means in the Suffolk dialect “to stoop or bow the head.”
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British Dictionary definitions for bop (1 of 2)
/ (bɒp) /
a form of jazz originating in the 1940s, characterized by rhythmic and harmonic complexity and instrumental virtuosity: Originally called: bebop
informal a session of dancing to pop music
(intr) informal to dance to pop music
Origin of bop
1Derived forms of bop
- bopper, noun
British Dictionary definitions for bop (2 of 2)
/ (bɒp) informal /
(tr) to strike; hit
a blow
Origin of bop
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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