Bop - English meaning

noun

A style of blues played on the piano with a strong, fast beat.

Usage examples:

The strident boogie of the title track

verb

Dance to pop or rock music.

Usage examples:

Pat went off to boogie to a steel band

verb

To dance to pop music

Usage examples:

We boogied away all night long., i like a good boogie.

verb

(with reference to an object, especially a ball) move quickly up, back, or away from a surface after hitting it.

Usage examples:

The ball bounced away and he chased it

noun

A rebound of a ball or other object.

Usage examples:

The wicket was causing the occasional erratic bounce

verb

To move up or away after hitting a surface, or to cause something to move this way

Usage examples:

[ i ] the basketball bounced off the rim of the basket., [ t ] she bounced the baby on her knee., […

verb

Move rhythmically to music, typically following a set sequence of steps.

Usage examples:

Their cheeks were pressed together as they danced

noun

A series of steps and movements that match the speed and rhythm of a piece of music.

Usage examples:

Everyone was taking part in the dance

verb

Taking a series of rhythmical steps in time to music

noun

A club or party at which people dance to recorded pop music.

Usage examples:

On friday evenings, he often attended a disco with school friends

verb

Attend or dance at a disco.

Usage examples:

She filled every hour of the day playing tennis, or discoing with friends

noun

A place where people dance to recorded music for entertainment

Usage examples:

Disco dancing

phrasal verb

Lower (one's body) as by kneeling

phrasal verb

To start to direct your efforts and attention to something, esp. work

Usage examples:

We’ve got to get down to business, folks, or we’ll never get the newsletter out on time.

phrasal verb

To start to direct your efforts and attention towards something

Usage examples:

The meeting's not due to start for another five minutes but we're all here, so let's get down to bu…

noun

A long, narrow cut or depression in a hard material.

Usage examples:

And that is why we are having a very hard look at the grooves on club-faces right now.

verb

Make a groove or grooves in.

Usage examples:

Deep lines grooved her face

noun

A long, narrow, hollow space cut into a surface

Usage examples:

The window slides along a groove in the frame.

noun

A lively dance with leaping movements.

Usage examples:

They twitched, swayed and finally did a lively little jig - but there was no bird in sight.

verb

Dance a jig.

Usage examples:

He stood up and jigged in the cockpit

noun

An energetic, traditional dance of great britain and ireland, or the music that is played for such a dance

noun

A lively style of dance popular especially in the 1940s and 1950s, performed to swing music or rock and roll.

Usage examples:

She'd added a little jazz to her dance this time, some quicksteps and jives.

verb

Perform the jive or a similar dance to popular music.

Usage examples:

People were jiving in the aisles

adjective

Deceitful or worthless.

Usage examples:

We all still have zoidberg, but we all are jive turkeys.

verb

Push oneself off a surface and into the air by using the muscles in one's legs and feet.

Usage examples:

The cat jumped off his lap

noun

An act of jumping from a surface by pushing upwards with one's legs and feet.

Usage examples:

In making the short jump across the gully he lost his balance

Move forward by leaps and bounds

verb

Jump or spring a long way, to a great height, or with great force.

Usage examples:

He leapt on to the parapet

noun

A forceful jump or quick movement.

Usage examples:

She came downstairs in a series of flying leaps

verb

Move forward by bounds

verb

To dance energetically and violently at a rock concert

noun

A toy for jumping about on, consisting of a long, spring-loaded pole with a handle at the top and rests for a person's feet near the bottom.

Usage examples:

I was on the driveway yesterday jumping around on my pogo stick.

verb

Jump up and down as if on a pogo stick as a form of dancing to rock music, especially punk.

Usage examples:

Everyone was pogoing like crazy to the sex pistols

noun

A child's toy made of a long metal stick with a bar to hold across the top, and a large bar across the bottom for your feet, used to bounce around on

noun

The solid mineral material forming part of the surface of the earth and other similar planets, exposed on the surface or underlying the soil.

Usage examples:

The beds of rock are slightly tilted

verb

Move gently to and fro or from side to side.

Usage examples:

She rocked the baby in her arms

noun

Rock music.

Usage examples:

The store plays a peculiar blend of 70s and 80s rock

verb

Move along lightly, stepping from one foot to the other with a hop or bounce.

Usage examples:

She began to skip down the path

noun

A light, bouncing step; a skipping movement.

Usage examples:

He moved with a strange, dancing skip

noun

A large transportable open-topped container for building and other refuse.

Usage examples:

I've salvaged a carpet from a skip

verb

Tread heavily and noisily, typically in order to show anger.

Usage examples:

Martin stomped off to the spare room

noun

(in jazz or popular music) a tune or song with a fast tempo and a heavy beat.

Usage examples:

Like aerosmith at its best, buckcherry has both the rhythmic sway to go with its rock-and-roll stom…

verb

Walk heavily