Bop
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To gently or playfully strike someone or something. To dance to this music, or indeed any sort of popular music with a strong beat.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A very light smack, blow or punch. A style of improvised jazz from the 1940s.
Bebop
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An early form of modern jazz played by small groups and featuring driving rhythms and complex, often dissonant harmonies.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To participate in bebop jazz, such as by dancing in a way associated with the genre
Example sentence: I came through the bebop era, and to me that was enough.