Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
Imitative of the sound made.
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| bops | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Imitative of the sound made.
“Better him than me,” I said while my mother fluttered her blue eyes at me and bopped me on the nose with a wooden spoon.2013, Karin Tanabe, The List, page 37:
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| bops | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| bopping | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bopped | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bopped | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
bop around · bop it up · bop the bishop · hop and bop
hu legyint (to strike gently or playfully) · bg лек удар (a very light smack, blow or punch) · de Stups (a very light smack, blow or punch) · hu meglegyint (to strike gently or playfully) · hu legyintés (a very light smack, blow or punch) · de stupsen (to strike gently or playfully)
Shortened from bebop.
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:
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 endeavours. It’s a bop!2022 September 5, Maria Sherman, “The essential Harry Styles song book”, in Rolling Stone UK:
[…] 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:
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:
At universities like Oxford, middle-class students hold 'chav bops' where they dress up as this working-class caricature.2012, Owen Jones, Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class, page 120:
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Shortened from bebop.
The hat was sorta dancing, just bopping around Floating in the air six feet above the ground2020 October 8, Tall Boy Special, “Clothes”:
I’d rather you be stiff with a stuck look on your face than just bopping, not even listening to what a nigga saying.2019 February 17, Chris Mench, “Blueface Wants People To Pay Attention To His Lyrics, Not Just Bop To His Music”, in Genius News:
She was bopping to the song's drum beats.
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| bopped | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bopped | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| bops | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| bopping | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Variant of whop (“to move around quickly with an impact”) and bob (“to move gently vertically”) as well as from the dances above interpreted as a manner of locomotion.
"I bopped down to take Charlie out for a surprise lunch, but he's out at the warehouse doing something with somebody or something. So I'm letting you take me to lunch."2011, S. E. Finken, Near Misses, page 199:
I'm just bopping, give a fuck who's in the place2019 July 31, “Taste (Make It Shake)”, Aitch (lyrics):
I'm here because your wife and I have been bopping like bunnies. Here are the pictures to prove it.2002, Tim Cockey, The Hearse You Came In On:
[…] You aren't the Boy Scout you pretend to be. I'll bet you two bopped all night long.” Colin shook his head. “You're wrong. We didn't.” “You just took her home?” “That's about it.”2012, Terrence Oral Taylor, Dancing with the Boogie Man, page 196:
Squa' said she just done the 6, now she on the ends just boppin' (Bad, she bad) Now she on the ends just boppin (Boppin')2016 June 28, “Hazards”, Loski (lyrics)performed by Loski, 2:39:
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| bopped | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bopped | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| bopping | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bops | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
lay the pipe · mate · shelve · have it off · approach · hump · intercourse · copulate · do it · clap cheeks · roger · make the beast with two backs · bonk · have sex · get physical · share a bed · company · common · bang · hook up · make whoopee · root · get busy · sleep together · have intimate relations · Netflix and chill · hike the Appalachian Trail · ride · get one's end away · get one's groove on · play hide the sausage · eff · exchange flesh · couple · get one's oats · frack · get one's leg over · rail · crack · make out · engender · bump nasties · know · bone · show someone one's etchings · go all the way · tumble · sex · dance · have it away · get one's freak on · ming · haul one's ashes · bounce · make it · get down · get lucky · lay pipe · bump uglies · stick · knock boots · screw · expletive deleted · meddle · do the deed · pound · get freaky · have marital relations · get jiggy · rock and roll · bauf · get some · shag · boink · see someone's etchings · catch a dick · fuck · cohabit · graft the forked tree · dip one's pen in someone's inkwell · frak · hide the salami · engage in sex · hide the wienie · pipe down · breed · get it on · strain · play · discuss Uganda · get one's dick wet · get it · pipe · jig-jig · know someone in the biblical sense · boff · beat · slap bellies · shaboink · do the nasty · get laid · frick · bop · frig · hide the sausage · have sexual relations · make love · penetrate · roll around · get the dirty water off one's chest
Originated in the early 2000s as slang term in African American Vernacular English. Early entries for bop in the Urban Dictionary date to 2005 (describing “a female who gives head [fellatio] to anyone.”). The term was popularized among Gen-Zers in 2023, after TikTok user @theyhateonbiran1 posted a video explaining the etymology (derived as an abbreviation of “blown out pussy,” in reference to a female who has had multiple sexual partners, although it has been adapted to alternatively mean “baddie on point,” usually in reference to women who post sexually provocative or explicit content online).
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 uninterested love object), constructing entirely new categories by which to sort and judge potential mates.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:
[…] [Piper Rockelle] says she makes TikToks telling younger fans not to follow her on to OnlyFans, “deinfluencing” them from becoming a bop (a woman who posts erotic content for money) or a “mattress actress” (an adult content creator).2026 May 28, Amelia Gentleman, “The strange surveilled life of Piper Rockelle: why did a former child influencer decide to go on OnlyFans?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 May 2026:
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