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Noun: bebop  'bee,bóp
  1. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940)
    "Charlie Parker was a pioneer of bebop";
    - bop
Verb: bebop (bebopped,bebopping)  'bee,bóp
  1. Dance the bebop
    "They bebopped all night at the jazz club";
    - bop

Derived forms: bebops, bebopping, bebopped

Type of: dance, jazz, trip the light fantastic [archaic], trip the light fantastic toe [archaic]

Encyclopedia: Bebop