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Antonyms for bop

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : bop
Phonetic Transcription : bɒp

Definition of bop

Origin :
  • 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]
  • noun blow
  • verb hit
Example sentences :
  • Once in a while to be sure a head grows a bit too big and then we all take a bop at it!
  • Extract from : « Kenny » by Leona Dalrymple
  • There is another "p" and an "e" tacked on to Bop, but I have eliminated the unnecessary and call him "Bob" for short.
  • Extract from : « The Parthenon By Way Of Papendrecht » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • To “bop” means in the Suffolk dialect “to stoop or bow the head.”
  • Extract from : « The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol I of II) » by Alice Bertha Gomme
  • The first tranche is available to any country, which demonstrates efforts to overcome its BOP problems.
  • Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin
  • It is extended to members with BOP difficulties to support adjustment and reform policies and economic agendas.
  • Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin
  • Sometimes 'e jes' bop 'em crost de ear wid a battlin' stick, or kick 'em in de beehind.
  • Extract from : « Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States » by Work Projects Administration
  • It is not probable that children would introduce this of their own accord in a dance and “bop down” game.
  • Extract from : « The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol II of II) » by Alice Bertha Gomme
  • Strange to say this was not my first linguistic effort, which was, as a matter of fact, the Romany word "bop."
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 26, 1916 » by Various

Synonyms for bop

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