Definition of "bebop" [bebop]

• Music Bop. (noun)

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• "When 86-year-old Roy Haynes became a professional musician, in around 1942, the word "bebop" had probably not yet arrived in his native Boston."
• "Dhumraketsu on Sep 13, 2008 well … cowboy bebop is actually the only anime i would like to see in a live-action medium. the film noir/spaghetti western/bruce lee meets sci-fi background could all be well translated to film, considering that's where they come from! granted we need the right producer and director and cast."
• "People are going to watch these new movies and think wow, cowboy bebop is lame, or dragonballZ is lame … while not ever knowing what the actual series or original's that stemmed from it were. but most of all, keanu reeves playing spike …? no."