: a blow (as with the fist or a club) that strikes a person
1
: jazz characterized by harmonic complexity, convoluted melodic lines, and constant shifting of accent and often played at very rapid tempos
2
bopper
noun
bopped; bopping
1
: to go quickly or unceremoniously : pop
bop into the corner store
—often used with off
2
: to dance or shuffle along to or as if to bop music
Synonyms
Verb (1)
- bang
- bash
- bat
- belt
- biff
- bludgeon
- bob
- bonk
- box
- bust
- clap
- clip
- clobber
- clock
- clout
- crack
- hammer
- hit
- knock
- nail
- paste
- pound
- punch
- rap
- slam
- slap
- slog
- slug
- smack
- smite
- sock
- strike
- swat
- swipe
- tag
- thump
- thwack
- wallop
- whack
- whale
- zap
Noun (1)
- bang
- bash
- bat
- beat
- belt
- biff
- blow
- box
- buffet
- bust
- chop
- clap
- clip
- clout
- crack
- cuff
- dab
- douse [British]
- fillip
- hack
- haymaker
- hit
- hook
- knock
- larrup [dialect]
- lash
- lick
- pelt
- pick
- plump
- poke
- pound
- punch
- rap
- slam
- slap
- slug
- smack
- smash
- sock
- spank
- stinger
- stripe
- stroke
- swat
- swipe
- switch
- thud
- thump
- thwack
- wallop
- welt
- whack
- wham
- whop
- whap
Examples of bop in a Sentence
Verb (1)
she playfully bopped him on the head
Noun (1)
a bop to the printer sometimes fixes it
Recent Examples on the Web
Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Coming out of the ghost town the pandemic made L.A. into, Gov. Newsom and the legislature bopped up the incentives program in 2021 to $420 million for two years and added further credits for the construction of more soundstages.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2024
Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
Her spectral trip-hop incantations are a departure from the maximalist, four-on-the-floor Brat bops ripping through the internet.
—Suzy Exposito, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2024
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Verb
The return to hallowed ground was also just like any other rally—people bopped around to Kesha and the Killers and napped on the grass or waited in line for funnel cakes.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Coming out of the ghost town the pandemic made L.A. into, Gov. Newsom and the legislature bopped up the incentives program in 2021 to $420 million for two years and added further credits for the construction of more soundstages.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2024
Noun
Before the play begins, the cast bops around together onstage, vaping and chilling on a blow-up chaise longue and sharing a Kool-Aid-like substance from a plastic gallon jug covered in Sharpie graffiti.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
Her spectral trip-hop incantations are a departure from the maximalist, four-on-the-floor Brat bops ripping through the internet.
—Suzy Exposito, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for bop
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“Bop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bop. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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bop
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: a blow (as from a fist or club) that strikes a person
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