bebop

English

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Noun

bebop (uncountable)

1. (music) An early form of modern jazz played by small groups and featuring driving rhythms and complex, often dissonant harmonies.

Verb

bebop (third-person singular simple present bebops, present participle bebopping, simple past and past participle bebopped)

1. To participate in bebop jazz, such as by dancing in a way associated with the genre
   • 1988 September 2, Bill Wyman, “Terms of interment: retrospecting the Ramones and the Clash”, Chicago Reader:

     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 that rock 'n' roll offered redemption.

   • 2007 November 26, Brooks Barnes, “Laugh Lines in the Hollywood Strike”, New York Times:

     “The studios think we are having a horrible time out here,” said Richard Potter, a screenwriter who made “Strike Dancing,” a YouTube video showing pickets bebopping in formation to “Play That Funky Music.”

Derived terms

• bebopper

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Finnish

Noun

bebop

1. bebop

Declension

Declension of bebop (type risti) singular plural nominative bebop bebopit genitive bebopin bebopien partitive bebopia bebopeja accusative bebop bebopin bebopit inessive bebopissa bebopeissa elative bebopista bebopeista illative bebopiin bebopeihin adessive bebopilla bebopeilla ablative bebopilta bebopeilta allative bebopille bebopeille essive bebopina bebopeina translative bebopiksi bebopeiksi instructive – bebopein abessive bebopitta bebopeitta comitative – bebopeineen