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☆ bop (bäp)

transitive verb bopped, bopping bop′·ping

Informal to hit or punch, as with a short, sharp blow

Etymology: echoic

noun

Informal a blow
bop2 definition

☆ 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, bopping bop′·ping

  1. Slang to walk, esp. in an easy but strutting way
  2. to go
BOP definition

BOP

basic oxygen process

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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