bop
pronunciation
How to pronounce bop in British English:
UK [bɒp]
How to pronounce bop in American English:
US [bɑp]
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- Noun:
- an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940)
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- Verb:
- dance the bebop
- hit hard
Word Origin
- bop (n.)
- 1948, shortening of bebop or rebop; as a verb, "play bop music, play (a song) in a bop style," from 1948. It soon came to mean "do any sort of dance to pop music" (1956). Related: Bopped; bopping. The musical movement had its own lingo, which was in vogue in U.S. early 1950s. "Life" magazine [Sept. 29, 1952] listed examples of bop talk: crazy "new, wonderful, wildly exciting;" gone (adj.) "the tops--superlative of crazy;" cool (adj.) "tasty, pretty;" goof "to blow a wrong note or make a mistake;" hipster "modern version of hepcat;" dig "to understand, appreciate the subtleties of;" stoned "drunk, captivated, ecstatic, sent out of this world;" flip (v.) "to react enthusiastically." [Life Sept. 29, 1952]
Example
- 1. Du bop , bip budop bah do
- 2. Suspicion of bop ta runs deep among conservatives .
- 3. Bop ta raises funds through a buddhist charity , registered with south korea 's unification ministry .
- 4. Bop ta has visited north korea almost 100 times , sometimes checking the recipients of handouts .
- 5. Bop ta said north korea 's outlawing of chinese script prevented proper study of ancient texts and that monks also defy tradition by marrying .