bop
noun /bɒp/
/bɑːp/
- [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.
- [uncountable] (also bebop)a type of jazz with complicated rhythms
Word Originnoun 1940s: shortening of bebop.