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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940) [syn: bop, bebop] v
1: dance the bebop [syn: bop, bebop]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: imitative Date: 1944 bop III,1 • bebopper noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a type of jazz originating in the 1940s and characterized by complex harmony and rhythms. Derivatives: bebopper n. Etymology: imit. of the typical rhythm

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Bebop is a form of jazz music with complex harmonies and rhythms. The abbreviation bop is also used.

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