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Bop

//bɒp// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Boy's Own Paper. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "[…] and myself under the table with the B.O.P., making believe that the tablecloth is a tent."

  2. 2
    Bophuthatswana informal
  3. 3
    Initialism of Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 4
    Initialism of Bureau of Prisons. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    ""To be frank, at first I thought it was a joke," Hugh Hurwitz, who served as acting director of the BOP between May 2018 and August 2019, told the BBC."

Noun
  1. 1
    A very light smack, blow or punch. colloquial, onomatopoeic
  2. 2
    A style of improvised jazz from the 1940s. uncountable

    "That grand wild sound of bop floated from beer parlors; it mixed medleys with every kind of cowboy and boogie-woogie in the American night."

  3. 3
    A promiscuous woman, especially in the context of having a high body count or giving fellatio to many men. offensive, slang
  4. 4
    Initialism of blowout preventer. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  5. 5
    an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940) wordnet
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  1. 6
    A good, catchy song; a song that makes one want to dance. countable, slang

    "In the later years of One Direction, especially those after the departure of Zayn Malik, the boy band morphed into the vintage pop-rock group of their (well, let’s be real, Harry’s) dreams. ‘What a Feeling’ feels prescient: its Fleetwood Mac style structure laid the groundwork for Styles’ future endeavours. It’s a bop!"

  2. 7
    A woman presenting herself online in a manner thought of as being immodest, usually to generate views or income through social media or subscription content platforms. offensive, slang
  3. 8
    Initialism of burden of proof. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 9
    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 wordnet
  5. 10
    A casual party with dancing; a disco. countable

    "[…] their first kiss during the school bop, with Paul Weller singing “You're the Best Thing” and everything tingling from her toes up […]"

  6. 11
    A party hosted by a college's JCR or MCR. countable

    "Theatres; Music House used for bands; May Ball; very popular weekly bops in JCR and MCR; library (57,000 books); 40 networked PCs, 24-hrs."

Verb
  1. 1
    To strike gently or playfully. colloquial, transitive

    "“Better him than me,” I said while my mother fluttered her blue eyes at me and bopped me on the nose with a wooden spoon."

  2. 2
    To dance to music with a marked beat.

    "She was bopping to the song's drum beats."

  3. 3
    To walk casually; to stroll. ambitransitive, informal

    ""I bopped down to take Charlie out for a surprise lunch, but he's out at the warehouse doing something with somebody or something. So I'm letting you take me to lunch.""

  4. 4
    hit hard wordnet
  5. 5
    To have sex. ambitransitive, slang

    "I'm here because your wife and I have been bopping like bunnies. Here are the pictures to prove it."

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  1. 6
    dance the bebop wordnet
  2. 7
    To fellate. ambitransitive, slang

    "Squa' said she just done the 6, now she on the ends just boppin' (Bad, she bad) Now she on the ends just boppin (Boppin')"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Imitative of the sound made.

Etymology 2

Imitative of the sound made.

Etymology 3

Shortened from bebop.

Etymology 4

Shortened from bebop.

Etymology 5

Variant of whop (“to move around quickly with an impact”) and bob (“to move gently vertically”) as well as from the dances above interpreted as a manner of locomotion.

Etymology 6

Originated in the early 2000s as slang term in African American Vernacular English. Early entries for bop in the Urban Dictionary date to 2005 (describing “a female who gives head [fellatio] to anyone.”). The term was popularized among Gen-Zers in 2023, after TikTok user @theyhateonbiran1 posted a video explaining the etymology (derived as an abbreviation of “blown out pussy,” in reference to a female who has had multiple sexual partners, although it has been adapted to alternatively mean “baddie on point,” usually in reference to women who post sexually provocative or explicit content online).

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