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Definition of bop noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bop

noun
 
/bɒp/
 
/bɑːp/
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  1. [countable] (British English, informal) a dance to pop music; a social event at which people dance to pop music
    • Fancy a bop?
    • There’s a bop on in the village hall tonight.
  2. [uncountable]
    (also bebop)
    a type of jazz with complicated rhythms
    3. Word Originnoun 1940s: shortening of bebop.
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