bop
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++bop1 /bɒp $ bɑːp/ verb (bopped, bopping) informal 1 [transitive]HIT to hit someone, especially gently 轻打，轻拍 Tom bopped him on the nose. 汤姆轻轻拍拍他的鼻子。2 [intransitive]APD to dance to popular music 〔随流行音乐〕跳舞 kids happily bopping on the dance floor 在舞池里开心地跳着舞的年轻人3 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] informal to go somewhere or to several different places, especially to enjoy yourself 闲逛 We spent the afternoon just bopping around town. 下午我们就在镇上随便逛了逛。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
bop• We were bopping around town, doing some shopping.• I just bopped her on the head with the handbag.• Well, if you can spare ten minutes, I thought I would bop over and bring you a coffee.• Three o'clock in the morning, bopping through a weird limb-jerking dance routine, and she looks like a child at playschool.• Go forth and bop till you drop.bop2 noun 1. x-ref[uncountable] another word for bebop bebop的另一种说法2 [countable] a gentle hit 轻拍 a bop on the head 头上的一记轻拍3. APDDL[singular] British English informal a dance 舞蹈，跳舞Examples from the Corpus
bop• Next year, he's hoping his idea for a bop of the hops will strike a better note with the council.• Three thousand miles away, his previous associates were developing hard bop, primarily on the Blue Note label.• Hard bop was heavy music, difficult to resign to the background.• Ambrosetti is a brilliantly assured player in the neo bop mould.• Chrissie knew who he was because she had a real background in screaming teeny bop stuff.Origin bop1 1. (1900-2000) From the sound of hitting. 2. (1900-2000) → BOP22 bop2 1. (1900-2000) bebop2. (1900-2000) → BOP11to especially hit gently Corpus someone,
bop
bop1 /bɒp $ bɑːp/ 
verb (past tense and past participle bopped, present participle bopping) informal
Origin: From the sound of hitting.1. [transitive] to hit someone, especially gently:
Tom bopped him on the nose.
2. [intransitive] to dance to popular music:
kids happily bopping on the dance floor
3. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] informal to go somewhere or to several different places, especially to enjoy yourself:
We spent the afternoon just bopping around town.
bop2 noun
Origin: bebop1. [uncountable] another word for bebop
2. [countable] a gentle hit:
a bop on the head
3. [singular] British English informal a dance
| I |
verb (past tense and past participle bopped, present participle bopping) informal Sense 1,3
Date: 1900-2000Origin: From the sound of hitting.
2. [intransitive] to dance to popular music:
3. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] informal to go somewhere or to several different places, especially to enjoy yourself:
| II |
noun Sense 1
Date: 1900-2000Origin: bebop
2. [countable] a gentle hit:
3. [singular] British English informal a dance