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plural bops
(colloquial, onomatopoeia) A very light smack, blow or punch. examples
third-person singular simple present bops, present participle bopping, simple past and past participle bopped
(colloquial, transitive) To strike gently or playfully. quotations examples
“Better him than me,” I said while my mother fluttered her blue eyes at me and bopped me on the nose with a wooden spoon.
2013, Karin Tanabe, The List, page 37
countable and uncountable, plural bops
(uncountable, music) A style of improvised jazz from the 1940s. quotations examples
That grand wild sound of bop floated from beer parlors; it mixed medleys with every kind of cowboy and boogie-woogie in the American night.
1957, Jack Kerouac, chapter 13, in On the Road, Viking Press
(slang, countable) A good song. quotations
In the later years of One Direction, especially those after the departure of Zayn Malik, the boy band morphed into the vintage pop-rock group of their (well, let’s be real, Harry’s) dreams. ‘What a Feeling’ feels prescient: its Fleetwood Mac style structure laid the groundwork for Styles’ future endeavours. It’s a bop!
2022 September 5, Maria Sherman, “The essential Harry Styles song book”, in Rolling Stone UK
(countable) A casual party with dancing; a disco. quotations examples
[…] their first kiss during the school bop, with Paul Weller singing “You're the Best Thing” and everything tingling from her toes up […]
2012, Barbara Claypole White, The Unfinished Garden, page 308
(countable, Oxbridge slang) A party hosted by a college's JCR or MCR. quotations
Theatres; Music House used for bands; May Ball; very popular weekly bops in JCR and MCR; library (57,000 books); 40 networked PCs, 24-hrs.
2005, Johnny Rich, Push Guide to Which University, page 472
At universities like Oxford, middle-class students hold 'chav bops' where they dress up as this working-class caricature.
2012, Owen Jones, Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class, page 120
To dance to music with a marked beat. quotations examples
I’d rather you be stiff with a stuck look on your face than just bopping, not even listening to what a nigga saying.
2019 February 17, Chris Mench, “Blueface Wants People To Pay Attention To His Lyrics, Not Just Bop To His Music”, in Genius News
The hat was sorta dancing, just bopping aroundFloating in the air six feet above the ground
2020 October 8, Tall Boy Special (lyrics and music), “Clothes”
(informal, transitive, intransitive) To walk casually; to stroll. quotations examples
"I bopped down to take Charlie out for a surprise lunch, but he's out at the warehouse doing something with somebody or something. So I'm letting you take me to lunch."
2011, S. E. Finken, Near Misses, page 199
I'm just bopping, give a fuck who's in the placeIn the music video around this line, he is walking on road and barely dancing.
2019 July 31, “Taste (Make It Shake)”, Aitch (lyrics)
(slang, transitive, intransitive) To have sex. quotations
I'm here because your wife and I have been bopping like bunnies. Here are the pictures to prove it.
2002, Tim Cockey, The Hearse You Came In On
[…] You aren't the Boy Scout you pretend to be. I'll bet you two bopped all night long.” Colin shook his head. “You're wrong. We didn't.” “You just took her home?” “That's about it.”
2012, Terrence Oral Taylor, Dancing with the Boogie Man, page 196
(slang, transitive, intransitive) To fellate. quotations
Squa' said she just done the 6, now she on the ends just boppin' (Bad, she bad)Now she on the ends just boppin (Boppin')The rapper's gestures do not leave room for ambiguity.
2016 June 28, “Hazards”, Loski (lyrics)performed by Loski, 2:39