bop C2+ Topic:Art & Music US /bɑp/ UK /bɒp/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 verb to hit lightly; to dance to popular music; a style of jazz She bopped along the corridor humming to her headphones. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to hit lightly; to dance to... hittapknockstrikedancebebop Word family Derived forms bopperbopping Etymology AI details Imitative in origin, echoing the sound of a light blow (mid-20th century); the jazz sense is a shortening of bebop, itself imitative of scat-singing syllables. bop onomatopoeic View etymology graph -> Topics Art & Music External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # bop **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /bɑp/ **IPA (UK):** /bɒp/ ## Meanings 1. to hit lightly; to dance to popular music; a style of jazz ## Examples - She bopped along the corridor humming to her headphones. ## Synonyms - hit - tap - knock - strike - dance - bebop ## Derived Forms - bopper - bopping ## Roots and Affixes - Root: bop ## Etymology Imitative in origin, echoing the sound of a light blow (mid-20th century); the jazz sense is a shortening of bebop, itself imitative of scat-singing syllables. ## AI Etymology Bop is imitative in origin, echoing the sound of a light blow (mid-20th century); the jazz sense is a shortening of bebop, itself imitative of scat-singing syllables. Important recorded forms include bop (onomatopoeic). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers to hit lightly; to dance to popular music; a style of jazz. The wider family includes derived forms such as bopper and bopping. ## Topics - Art & Music markdown