bop
☆ bop (bäp)
transitive verb bopped, bop′·ping
Informal to hit or punch, as with a short, sharp blow
Etymology: echoic
noun
Informal a blow
☆ bop (bäp)
noun
a style of jazz, esp. in its development from about 1945 to 1955, characterized by complex rhythms, experimental harmonic structures, and instrumental virtuosity
Etymology: shortening of bebop
intransitive verb bopped, bop′·ping
- Slang to walk, esp. in an easy but strutting way
- to go
BOP
basic oxygen process
Object
- night: For a dynamic show that will have you tapping your feet and bopping the night away, Not to be missed.
Converse of object
- have: We have had two more bops this year so we have now raised enough money to buy a team kit as planned.
- play: At this time she was playing hard bop and soul jazz similar to the music of Horace Silver.
Adjective modifier
- hard: This music is roll up your sleeves, in your face, hard bop blowing at its best.
- good: News, reviews and listings - your guide to the best bop, fusion, free and smooth jazz in and outside the BBC.
- typical: The typical bop added back to all business owners.
Modifies a noun
- disability: Most cases excludes matching up single or bop disability company added additional.
- city: Quot robots quot be very exciting the house with bop city records.
- record: Quot robots quot be very exciting the house with bop city records.
- jazz: The self-taught alto saxophonist's debut album Conversations With the Unseen uniquely mixes post bop jazz and rap with ease.
- style: The group is a major influence on the emerging hard bop style.
- classic: Both contain typical Hawes repertoire: standard tunes, bop classics and a smattering of blues, mostly self-composed.
Modifying Another Word
- away: At some Core events you can see famous faces in the crowd, bopping away on the dance floor or laughing with the members.
- just: It's an ideal party soundtrack - or good for just bopping to alone in your bedroom while pretending to be a movie star!
Followed by an intransitive particle
- along: With all the equipment in place the housemates started bopping along to the beat.
- around: Clear into their early twenties, bopping around in little old Thetford, they never once bumped into each other.
- up: He prays he heals and best of all his head bops up and down!
Preposition: in
- aisle: They gain fans around the world with every show and leave them bopping in the aisles and begging for more!
Noun used with modifier
Playing bop is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
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