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Bom vs Bop - What's the difference?

bom | bop |

As nouns the difference between bom and bop

is that bom is {{cx|obsolete|lang=en}} A large snake found in America while bop is a very light smack, blow or punch.

As an acronym BoM

is book of Mormon.

As a verb bop is

to gently or playfully strike someone or something.

As a proper noun BOP is

Boy's Own Paper

bom

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A large snake found in America.
  • * 1742 , Charles Owen, An Essay Towards a Natural History of Serpents
    • The Bom -Snake'', is another ''Brazilian'' Reptile, call'd ''Bom from the Noise it makes in its Motion.
  • * 1819 , Abraham Rees, The Cyclopaedia
    • It is said to grow to a vast size, and to be perfectly harmless; but the latter assertion is improbable; it is not certainly of the poisonous race of serpents. This is called the bom , because it emits a remarkable noise resembling the sound of that word, when pronounced with a deep hollow voice.

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    bop

    English

    Etymology 1

    imitative of the sound made

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (onomatopoeia) A very light smack, blow or punch.

    • Verb

  • To gently or playfully strike someone or something.

    • Etymology 2

    shortened from bebop

    Noun

  • A style of improvised jazz from the 1940s.
  • A party.
  • * 2005 , Johnny Rich, Push Guide to Which University (page 472)
    • 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.
  • * 2012 , Owen Jones, Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class (page 120)
    • At universities like Oxford, middle-class students hold 'chav bops' where they dress up as this working-class caricature.

    Verb

  • To dance to this music, or indeed any sort of popular music with a strong beat.

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