Definition of "bop" [bop]

• To hit or strike. (verb-transitive)
• A blow; a punch. (noun)
• A post-World War II style of jazz characterized by rhythmic and harmonic complexity, improvised solo performances, and a brilliant style of execution. (noun)
• To dance or move to the beat of this music. (verb-intransitive)
• Slang To go: bopped off to the movies. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "And sometimes my pieces actually have chord changes, though not like in bop — more like a set of bass lines or a general harmonic movement of some kind."
• "Lawmaker: Ban BP from outer continental shelf due to 'lethal' behavior jack wrote: I thought the bop was a last resort ..."
• "You could ask the guy who put the 'bop' in the 'bop shoo bop shoo bop' -- who *was* that man?"