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bop

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: bop

1
v
hit hard
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nv
an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940)
dance the bebop
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: bop
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v hit hard

Synonyms:
bash, bonk, sock, whap, whop
Type of:
hit
deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
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n an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940)

Synonyms:
bebop
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:
bebop
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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