bop

🇺🇸 /bɑːp/ 🇬🇧 /bɒp/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags RARE
noun
R

A social gathering with dancing to pop music.

Do you want to go to the bop tonight?

R

A style of jazz with complex rhythms.

The band played some bop that really got our feet tapping.

verb
R

To dance to pop music, often in a lively way.

At the party, everyone was bopping around to the music.

R

To hit someone playfully or lightly.

He gave his friend a friendly bop on the nose.

translation

n. A social gathering with dancing to pop music.; A style of jazz with complex rhythms.
v. To dance to pop music, often in a lively way.; To hit someone playfully or lightly.

Word Forms

3rd Present bops
Past bopped
Perfect bopped
Progressive bopping
Plural bops