bop

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bop1 / bäp/ inf. • n. short for bebop.• v. (bopped, bop·ping) [intr.] dance to pop music: bopping to the radio while they made breakfast. ∎  move or travel energetically: we had been bopping around the county all morning.DERIVATIVES: bop·per n.bop2 inf. • v. (bopped, bop·ping) [tr.] hit; punch lightly: I warned him I'd bop him on the nose if he tried it.• n. a blow or light punch.

BOP

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BOP Chem. basic oxygen process
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