: a blow (as with the fist or a club) that strikes a person
1
: jazz characterized by harmonic complexity, convoluted melodic lines, and constant shifting of accent and often played at very rapid tempos
2
bopper
noun
bopped; bopping
1
: to go quickly or unceremoniously : pop
bop into the corner store
—often used with off
2
: to dance or shuffle along to or as if to bop music
Synonyms
Verb (1)
- bang
- bash
- bat
- belt
- biff
- bludgeon
- bob
- bonk
- box
- bust
- clap
- clip
- clobber
- clock
- clout
- crack
- hammer
- hit
- knock
- nail
- paste
- pound
- punch
- rap
- slam
- slap
- slog
- slug
- smack
- smite
- sock
- strike
- swat
- swipe
- tag
- thump
- thwack
- wallop
- whack
- whale
- zap
Noun (1)
- bang
- bash
- bat
- beat
- belt
- biff
- blow
- box
- buffet
- bust
- chop
- clap
- clip
- clout
- crack
- cuff
- dab
- douse [British]
- fillip
- hack
- haymaker
- hit
- hook
- knock
- larrup [dialect]
- lash
- lick
- pelt
- pick
- plump
- poke
- pound
- punch
- rap
- slam
- slap
- slug
- smack
- smash
- sock
- spank
- stinger
- stripe
- stroke
- swat
- swipe
- switch
- thud
- thump
- thwack
- wallop
- welt
- whack
- wham
- whop
- whap
Examples of bop in a Sentence
Verb (1)
she playfully bopped him on the head
Noun (1)
a bop to the printer sometimes fixes it
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
There was one brave cast member who bopped to his own beat, and that man was Liev Schreiber.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024
Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 22 Nov. 2024
What comes out is an album about turning life lessons into bops and today’s hardships into tonight’s drink orders.
—Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2024
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Verb
The Alan Menken songs will get your head bopping amid the retro narrative about a nerdy flower guy (Rich Moranis) who has a crush on a co-worker (Ellen Greene) and develops a co-dependent friendship with a man-eating plant.
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—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
There was one brave cast member who bopped to his own beat, and that man was Liev Schreiber.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024
Noun
The album then descends into a mix of West Coast bops and pensive soulful cuts, tapping Mustard yet again and a slew of local west coast artists that people may not have been familiar with.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 22 Nov. 2024
What comes out is an album about turning life lessons into bops and today’s hardships into tonight’s drink orders.
—Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Bop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bop. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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bop
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: a blow (as from a fist or club) that strikes a person
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