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bopper

Syllables: bop·er/ˈbɒpəɹ/

bopper noun: a person who dances the bop.

bopper: a jukebox sitting in front of a window next to a traffic light
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Noun

bopper (plural boppers)

  1. (dated, informal) A person who dances the bop.
  2. (dated, informal) A musician who plays the bop genre.
    Synonyms:
    boppist
  3. (dated, informal) A teenybopper.
    • […] teeny-bopper long before I hit 11. At 11 you couldn't be a teenager but you could be a bopper, wear bobby socks and bop around and the other boppers would get crushes on you.1999, Susan Holbrook, Misled, page 18

Synonyms of bopper

Forms of bopper

pluralboppers

Origin of bopper

From bop + -er.

Words formed from bopper

Phrases with bopper

Words that rhyme with bopper

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Questions about bopper

What does bopper mean?
Bopper means a person who dances the bop.
What part of speech is bopper?
Bopper is a noun.
How do you pronounce bopper?
Bopper is pronounced /ˈbɒpəɹ/.
What is the plural of bopper?
The plural of bopper is boppers.

Words near bopper in the dictionary

  1. Boppart
  2. bopped
  3. bopped around
  4. bopped it up
  5. bopped the bishop
  6. bopper
  7. boppers
  8. boppier
  9. boppiest
  10. bopping
  11. bopping around

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