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Bebop
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- 1 An early form of modern jazz played by small groups and featuring driving rhythms and complex, often dissonant harmonies. uncountable
- 2 an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940) wordnet
- 1 To participate in bebop jazz, such as by dancing in a way associated with the genre. intransitive
"Six months into their career, the Clash already showed themselves the equal of any rock band that had come before them, simply by assaulting the last frontier of rock mythology: the notion that the rock audience, like some sort of bebopping proletariat, was a receptacle of goodness and hope, and that rock 'n' roll offered redemption."
- 2 dance the bebop wordnet
- 3 To walk in an easygoing, carefree manner. informal, intransitive, usually
"Typically one could spot Chet bebopping down the sidewalk in an Amish hat, or hunched over a cafeteria table discussing Calvinism or the Vietnam war."
Etymology
Alteration of earlier rebop, nonsense syllables used in scat singing in the 1940s. Compare doo be doo be doo, doo-wop, etc.
Alteration of earlier rebop, nonsense syllables used in scat singing in the 1940s. Compare doo be doo be doo, doo-wop, etc.
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