bop
/bɑp/
verb
- To dance or move energetically to music, especially pop or jazz.
- They bopped all night at the concert.
- She bopped her head to the beat while waiting for the bus.
- The kids bopped around the living room to their favorite song.
- To hit or strike someone or something lightly.
- She bopped the ball over the net.
- The cat bopped the toy mouse with its paw.
- He playfully bopped his brother on the arm.
- To move or go somewhere quickly or casually.
- They bopped from one café to another.
- He bopped down the street with his hands in his pockets.
- I'm just going to bop over to the store for milk.
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noun
- A style of jazz with fast tempo and complex rhythms, popular in the 1940s and 1950s.
- The band played a classic bop tune that got everyone tapping.
- She studied the history of bop for her music class.
- Bop musicians like Dizzy Gillespie changed jazz forever.
- A light hit or tap.
- The toddler received a gentle bop on the nose from the balloon.
- She felt a bop on her shoulder and turned around.
- He gave the table a little bop to get the crumbs off.
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