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boppy

/ˈbɒpi/

boppy adjective: characteristic of bop or bebop.

Adjective

boppy (comparative boppier, superlative boppiest)

  1. Characteristic of bop or bebop.
    • Panic excursions to tribal Jazz wombs and transfusions
      Heroin nights of birth/ and soaring/ over boppy new ground.1965, Bob Kaufman, Walking Parker Home (poem)

Forms of boppy

comparativeboppier
superlativeboppiest

Origin of boppy

From bop + -y.

Words that rhyme with boppy

6 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about boppy

What does boppy mean?
Boppy means characteristic of bop or bebop.
What part of speech is boppy?
Boppy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce boppy?
Boppy is pronounced /ˈbɒpi/.

Words near boppy in the dictionary

  1. boppishly
  2. boppishness
  3. boppist
  4. boppists
  5. Bopps
  6. boppy
  7. bops
  8. bops around
  9. bops it up
  10. bops the bishop
  11. BOPUS

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