bop

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)

CIDE DICTIONARY

bop, n. 

 an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

bop, n. & v. colloq.
--n.
1 = BEBOP.
2 a a spell of dancing, esp. to pop music. b an organized social occasion for this.
--v.intr. (bopped, bopping) dance, esp. to pop music.

Derivative

bopper n.

bop, v. & n. colloq.
--v.tr. (bopped, bopping) hit, punch lightly.
--n. a light blow or hit.

Etymology

imit.

THESAURUS

bop

acid rock, avant-garde jazz, ballroom music, baloney, bash, bat, bebop, belt, biff, bilge, blah, blah-blah, boogie-woogie, bosh, bull, bullshit, bunk, bunkum, country rock, crap, dance music, dances, douse, flapdoodle, folk rock, gas, guff, gup, hard rock, hogwash, hokum, hooey, hot air, hot jazz, jazz, jive, mainstream jazz, malarkey, moonshine, musical suite, piffle, poppycock, pound, rag, ragtime, rhythm-and-blues, rock, rock-and-roll, rot, scat, shit, smack, sock, suite, suite of dances, swing, syncopated music, syncopation, the new music, tommyrot, tripe, whop, wind