From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbopbop1 /bɒp $ bɑːp/ verb (bopped, bopping) informal 1 [transitive]HIT to hit someone, especially gently Tom bopped him on the nose.2 [intransitive]APD to dance to popular music kids happily bopping on the dance floor3 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] informal to go somewhere or to several different places, especially to enjoy yourself We spent the afternoon just bopping around town.→ See Verb table
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bop• We were bopping around town, doing some shopping.• I just bopped her on the head with the handbag.• Well, if you can spare ten minutes, I thought I would bop over and bring you a coffee.• Three o'clock in the morning, bopping through a weird limb-jerking dance routine, and she looks like a child at playschool.• Go forth and bop till you drop.bopbop2 noun 1 x-ref[uncountable] another word for bebop2 [countable] a gentle hit a bop on the head3 APDDL[singular] British English informal a danceExamples from the Corpus
bop• Next year, he's hoping his idea for a bop of the hops will strike a better note with the council.• Three thousand miles away, his previous associates were developing hard bop, primarily on the Blue Note label.• Hard bop was heavy music, difficult to resign to the background.• Ambrosetti is a brilliantly assured player in the neo bop mould.• Chrissie knew who he was because she had a real background in screaming teeny bop stuff.Origin bop1 1. (1900-2000) From the sound of hitting. 2. (1900-2000) → BOP22 bop2 1. (1900-2000) bebop2. (1900-2000) → BOP11 