Associations to the word «Bop»

Wiktionary

BOP, noun. (onomatopoeia) A very light smack, blow or punch.
BOP, verb. To gently or playfully strike someone or something.
BOP, noun. (uncountable) A style of improvised jazz from the 1940s.
BOP, noun. (countable) (UK) (Oxford University) (slang) A party.
BOP, verb. To dance to this music, or indeed any sort of popular music with a strong beat.
BOP, noun. (oil industry) blowout preventer
BOP, proper noun. Boy's Own Paper
BOP CLADE, proper noun. A taxonomic clade within the family Poaceae.

Dictionary definition

BOP, noun. The law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes.
BOP, noun. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
BOP, verb. Dance the bebop.
BOP, verb. Hit hard.

Wise words

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