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bop the bishop en · VERB

Etymology

Uncertain; see bash the bishop.

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To masturbate (male).
    • Five men's faces and penises. Each bops the bishop and blows a wad. Simple enough, but curiously abstracted. 1996 November, James Hannaham, “Pecs, thighs, and videotape”, in The Village Voice, page 20:
    • We may not “tug the slug” or “pump the python.” Nor, routinely, do we “bop the bishop” or “make the bald man puke.” But listen. We surely burp the baby, we toss the salad, we choke the chicken[…] 2000 September, Michael Blumlein, “Fidelity: A Primer”, in Fantasy & Science Fiction, volume 99:
    • There’s also much to learn here – for instance, I never knew that some of my brethren refer to yanking their crank as “bopping the bishop.” [1999 March 4, David Wild, “Private Dicks: Men Exposed”, in Rolling Stone, page 95:
    • Were priests allowed, as Russell had said, to bop the bishop? 2017, Lief Wright, Robby the R-Word, →OCLC, page 107:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bops the bishop Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
bopping the bishop Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bopped the bishop Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bopped the bishop Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

masturbate