bebop
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bebop
- /ˈbiːbɒp/ UK
- /ˈbibɑp/ US
Where it comes from
Alteration of earlier rebop, nonsense syllables used in scat singing in the 1940s. Compare doo be doo be doo, doo-wop, etc.
noun
- An early form of modern jazz played by small groups and featuring driving rhythms and complex, often dissonant harmonies.
verb bebops · bebopping · bebopped
- To participate in bebop jazz, such as by dancing in a way associated with the genre. Six months into their career, the Clash already showed themselves the equal of any rock band that had come before them, simply by assaulting the last frontier of rock mythology: the notion that the rock audience, like some sort of bebopping proletariat, was a receptacle of goodness and hope, and tha
- To walk in an easygoing, carefree manner. Typically one could spot Chet bebopping down the sidewalk in an Amish hat, or hunched over a cafeteria table discussing Calvinism or the Vietnam war.
Translations
Talk about this word "bebop." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bebop. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bebop. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bebop "bebop." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bebop.Cite this
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