bop

plural bops

1. colloquialonomatopoeicA very light smack, blow or punch.

present singular third person bops · participle present bopping · participle past bopped · past bopped

1. colloquialtransitiveTo strike gently or playfully.

   “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.

   2013, Karin Tanabe, The List, page 37

   Synonyms: bip, boop

plural bops

1. uncountableentertainmentA style of improvised jazz from the 1940s.

   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.

   1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, chapter 13, in On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC

2. countableslangA good, catchy song; a song that makes one want to dance.

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   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!

   2022 September 5, Maria Sherman, “The essential Harry Styles song book”, in Rolling Stone UK

3. countableA casual party with dancing; a disco.

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

   2012, Barbara Claypole White, The Unfinished Garden, page 308

4. countableOxbridge slangA party hosted by a college's JCR or MCR.

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

   2012, Owen Jones, Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class, page 120

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   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.

   2005, Johnny Rich, Push Guide to Which University, page 472

present singular third person bops · participle present bopping · participle past bopped · past bopped

1. To dance to music with a marked beat.

   She was bopping to the song's drum beats.

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   I’d rather you be stiff with a stuck look on your face than just bopping, not even listening to what a nigga saying.

   2019 February 17, Chris Mench, “Blueface Wants People To Pay Attention To His Lyrics, Not Just Bop To His Music”, in Genius News

   The hat was sorta dancing, just bopping around Floating in the air six feet above the ground

   2020 October 8, Tall Boy Special, “Clothes”

present singular third person bops · participle present bopping · participle past bopped · past bopped

1. ambitransitiveinformalTo walk casually; to stroll.

   I'm just bopping, give a fuck who's in the place

   2019 July 31, “Taste (Make It Shake)”, Aitch (lyrics)

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   "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."

   2011, S. E. Finken, Near Misses, page 199

2. ambitransitiveslangTo have sex.

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

   2002, Tim Cockey, The Hearse You Came In On

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   […] You aren't the Boy Scout you pretend to be. I'll bet you two bopped all night long.” Colin shook his head. “You're wrong. We didn't.” “You just took her home?” “That's about it.”

   2012, Terrence Oral Taylor, Dancing with the Boogie Man, page 196

   Synonyms: approach, cohabit, common, company, copulate, couple, engage in sex, exchange flesh

3. ambitransitiveslangTo fellate.

   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')

   2016 June 28, “Hazards”, Loski (lyrics)performed by Loski, 2:39

plural bops

1. offensiveslangA promiscuous woman, especially in the context of having a high body count or giving fellatio to many men.

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   Influencers on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and streaming sites […] dispense warnings about bops (those with many sexual partners), exegesis on the importance of body count (the number of people someone has slept with) and the dangers of simping (being excessively attentive or submissive to an uninterested love object), constructing entirely new categories by which to sort and judge potential mates.

   2026 March 3, Christine Emba, “The Reason Gen Z Isn’t Dating”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2026

2. offensiveslangsocial mediaA woman who posts erotic content for money.

   […] [Piper Rockelle] says she makes TikToks telling younger fans not to follow her on to OnlyFans, “deinfluencing” them from becoming a bop (a woman who posts erotic content for money) or a “mattress actress” (an adult content creator).

   2026 May 28, Amelia Gentleman, “The strange surveilled life of Piper Rockelle: why did a former child influencer decide to go on OnlyFans?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 May 2026

plural BOPs

1. abbreviationinitialismoil industryInitialism of blowout preventer.
2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of burden of proof.

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Boy's Own Paper.

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

   1939, George Orwell, "Coming up for Air", London: Victor Gollancz. (p. 46 in Penguin edition 1962.)

2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac.
3. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Bureau of Prisons.

   "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.

   2025 July 17, Bernd Debusmann Jr, “Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz as a prison - could it happen?”, in BBC

1. informalBophuthatswana

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Board of Peace.