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Bopped vs Bopper - What's the difference?

bopped | bopper |

As a verb bopped

is (bop).

As a noun bopper is

(informal|dated) a person who dances the bop.

bopped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (bop)

    • 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.

    • Anagrams

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    bopper

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal, dated) A person who dances the bop.

    • Derived terms

    *teenybopper