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bebop

DEFINITIONS OF: bebop

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n an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940)

Synonyms:
bop
Type of:
jazz
a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles

v dance the bebop

Synonyms:
bop
Type of:
dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance
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