bop

7 definitions • 5 examples

to dance to pop music:

They were all bopping to the music.

to hit someone or something, especially in a friendly way:

to bop someone on the head

a type of jazz music first played by small groups in the 1940s

a dance to pop music:

There are a couple of decent clubs where you can go for a bop.

to hit something lightly, not hard:

The ball bounced up and bopped him on the nose.

a light hit:

I got a bop on the head.

a type of jazz from the 1940s that has complicated rhythms and is often played fast