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- [bee-bop]
- /ˈbiˌbɒp/
- /ˈbiː.bɒp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bee-bop]
- /ˈbiˌbɒp/
Definitions of bebop word
- uncountable noun bebop Bebop is a form of jazz music with complex harmonies and rhythms. The abbreviation bop is also used. 3
- abbreviation BEBOP bop2 3
- abbreviation BEBOP bop1 . 1
- noun bebop A type of jazz originating in the 1940s and characterized by complex harmony and rhythms. It is associated particularly with Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, and Dizzy Gillespie. 1
- noun Technical meaning of bebop (language) A language combining sequential and parallel logic programming, object-oriented and meta-level programming. Both don't know nondeterminism and stream AND-parallelism. Prolog theories are first order entities and may be updated or passed in messages. BeBOP is implemented by translation to NU-Prolog and PNU-Prolog. E-mail: Andrew Davidson <[email protected]>. 1
- noun bebop jazz music style 1
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Origin of bebop
First appearance:
before 1940 One of the 7% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1940-45; probably from the nonsense syllables typical of scat singing
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Parts of speech for Bebop
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bebop popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 71% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
bebop usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for bebop
noun bebop
- bop — A bop is a dance.
- swing — to play (music) in the style of swing.
- blues — a feeling of depression or deep unhappiness
- boogie — When you boogie, you dance to fast pop music.
- boogie-woogie — a style of piano jazz using a dotted bass pattern, usually with eight notes in a bar and the harmonies of the 12-bar blues
Antonyms for bebop
noun bebop
- silence — absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
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