Meaning of bop | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A very light smack, blow or punch.
   colloquial, onomatopoeic
2. A style of improvised jazz from the 1940s.
   uncountable
3. Bophuthatswana
   informal
4. Initialism of blowout preventer.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
5. Initialism of Boy's Own Paper.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
6. A promiscuous woman, especially in the context of having a high body count or giving fellatio to many men.
   offensive, slang
7. A good, catchy song; a song that makes one want to dance.
   countable, slang
8. Initialism of burden of proof.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
9. Initialism of Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
10. 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
11. A casual party with dancing; a disco.
    countable
12. Initialism of Bureau of Prisons.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
13. A party hosted by a college's JCR or MCR.
    countable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“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!”

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

“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.”

“At universities like Oxford, middle-class students hold 'chav bops' where they dress up as this working-class caricature.”

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

“"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.”

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