bops

Noun (1)

bop (plural bops)

1. (colloquial, onomatopoeic) A very light smack, blow or punch.

Noun (2)

bop (countable and uncountable, plural bops)

1. (uncountable) A 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. (countable, slang) A good, catchy song; a song that makes one want to dance.
   • 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...2022 September 5, Maria Sherman, “The essential Harry Styles song book”, in Rolling Stone UK
3. (countable) A 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. (countable, Oxbridge slang) A party hosted by a college's JCR or MCR.
   • 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

Noun (3)

bop (plural bops)

1. (offensive, slang) A promiscuous woman, especially in the context of having a high body count or giving fellatio to many men.
   • 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...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

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