different between bop vs boppish

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?p/
• Rhymes: -?p

Etymology 1

Imitative of the sound made.

Noun

bop (plural bops)

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

Verb

bop (third-person singular simple present bops, present participle bopping, simple past and past participle bopped)

1. (colloquial, transitive) To strike gently or playfully.

Synonyms

• bip, boop

Translations

Etymology 2

Shortened from bebop.

Noun

bop (countable and uncountable, plural bops)

1. (uncountable) A style of improvised jazz from the 1940s.
2. (countable, Britain, Oxbridge slang) A party.
3. (slang, countable) A good song.

Verb

bop (third-person singular simple present bops, present participle bopping, simple past and past participle bopped)

1. To dance to this music, or any sort of popular music with a strong beat.
2. (slang, intransitive) To have sex.

Synonyms

• (to have sex): bang, do it, get it on; see also Thesaurus:copulate

Anagrams

• BPO, OBP, PBO

Swedish

Etymology

From English bop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?p/

Noun

bop c (uncountable)

1. (jazz) bebop

Declension

References

• bop in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

English

Etymology

bop +? -ish

Adjective

boppish (comparative more boppish, superlative most boppish)

1. (jazz) In the bop style

Derived terms

• boppishly
• boppishness