BOP

International accounts summary

Bop has several related meanings clustering around quick, light contact or movement.

A bop is a punch or hit, usually playful: She bopped him on the head with a rolled-up newspaper.

To bop somewhere is to go casually: I'm going to bop over to the store.

Bop is also short for bebop, the jazz style characterized by complex harmonies and fast tempos.

As slang, a bop is a catchy song: This track is a bop.

hit

punch

Strike with fist

  • smackStrike with open hand
  • whackForceful striking blow
  • slapOpen-handed blow

strike · tap · knock · bonk · thump · swat · cuff · wallop · sock · slug

dance

sock hop

Informal school dance

  • jiveSwing-era dance or bunk
  • swingSuspended recreational seat
  • lindy hopHarlem-born swing dance style

boogie · groove · shimmy · twist · move · shake · sway · step · shuffle · wiggle

jazz

Charlie Parker

Bebop alto saxophone innovator

Dizzy Gillespie · trumpet · Thelonious Monk · riff · scat · jam · syncopation · combo · quartet · hipster

pop

catchy

Easy to remember

K-pop · boy band · girl group · chart · radio · hook · single · upbeat · peppy · doo-wop

casual

drop by

Visit without appointment

  • swing byVisit briefly, informally
  • dashQuick burst or pinch
  • jauntBrief recreational trip

quick trip · run · errand · stop · visit · nip · flit · breeze · duck in · cruise

Opposites
musical style/complexity

BOPsmooth jazz

Mellow, polished instrumental genre

easy listening · Dixieland · traditional jazz · muzak · elevator music

force/intensity of strike

BOPpummel

Strike repeatedly with fists

wallop · slug · pound · batter · thrash

movement style

BOPfreeze

Become solid from cold

stand still · trudge · glide · plod · sway

Phrases
Family

bops, bopped, bopping, bopper, boppers, bebop, bebops, bebopper

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