# bebop
## English
### Etymology

Alteration of earlier rebop, nonsense syllables used in scat singing in the 1940s. Compare doo be doo be doo, doo-wop, etc.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈbiːbɒp/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

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

#### Derived terms

* Cubop

#### Translations
### Verb

bebop (third-person singular simple present bebops, present participle bebopping, simple past and past participle bebopped)
* (intransitive) 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”, in 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”, in 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.”
* (intransitive, usually with a directional preposition) To walk in an easygoing, carefree manner.
** 1986, Steve Estes, Called to Die: The Story of American Linguist Chet Bitterman, Slain by Terrorists, Zondervan Publishing Company, →ISBN:Typically one could spot Chet bebopping down the sidewalk in an Amish hat, or hunched over a cafeteria table discussing Calvinism or the Vietnam war.
** 2001, Patsy Clairmont, The Best Devotions of Patsy Clairmont, Zondervan Publishing Company, →ISBN:I can't even say it was the people who board and casually whack off the top of your head with their slung-over-the-shoulder carry-ons as they obliviously bebop down the aisle to locate their seats.
** 2013, Beth Kendrick, The Week Before the Wedding, Penguin, →ISBN:Summer bebopped over, holding a cup of spiked punch in each hand.

#### Derived terms

* bebopper

### Further reading

* bebop on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Dutch
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bebop.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

bebop m (uncountable)
* bebop

#### Derived terms

* Paramaribop

### Further reading

* bebop on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{nl}$

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English bebop.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbebop/, [ˈbe̞bo̞p]
* Rhymes: -ebop
* Hyphenation: be‧bop

### Noun

bebop
* bebop

#### Declension

Possessive forms of bebop (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bebopini
bebopini
accusative
nom.
bebopini
bebopini
gen.
bebopini
genitive
bebopini
bebopieni
partitive
bebopiani
bebopejani
inessive
bebopissani
bebopeissani
elative
bebopistani
bebopeistani
illative
bebopiini
bebopeihini
adessive
bebopillani
bebopeillani
ablative
bebopiltani
bebopeiltani
allative
bebopilleni
bebopeilleni
essive
bebopinani
bebopeinani
translative
bebopikseni
bebopeikseni
abessive
bebopittani
bebopeittani
instructive
comitative
—bebopeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bebopisi
bebopisi
accusative
nom.
bebopisi
bebopisi
gen.
bebopisi
genitive
bebopisi
bebopiesi
partitive
bebopiasi
bebopejasi
inessive
bebopissasi
bebopeissasi
elative
bebopistasi
bebopeistasi
illative
bebopiisi
bebopeihisi
adessive
bebopillasi
bebopeillasi
ablative
bebopiltasi
bebopeiltasi
allative
bebopillesi
bebopeillesi
essive
bebopinasi
bebopeinasi
translative
bebopiksesi
bebopeiksesi
abessive
bebopittasi
bebopeittasi
instructive
comitative
—bebopeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bebopimme
bebopimme
accusative
nom.
bebopimme
bebopimme
gen.
bebopimme
genitive
bebopimme
bebopiemme
partitive
bebopiamme
bebopejamme
inessive
bebopissamme
bebopeissamme
elative
bebopistamme
bebopeistamme
illative
bebopiimme
bebopeihimme
adessive
bebopillamme
bebopeillamme
ablative
bebopiltamme
bebopeiltamme
allative
bebopillemme
bebopeillemme
essive
bebopinamme
bebopeinamme
translative
bebopiksemme
bebopeiksemme
abessive
bebopittamme
bebopeittamme
instructive
comitative
—bebopeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bebopinne
bebopinne
accusative
nom.
bebopinne
bebopinne
gen.
bebopinne
genitive
bebopinne
bebopienne
partitive
bebopianne
bebopejanne
inessive
bebopissanne
bebopeissanne
elative
bebopistanne
bebopeistanne
illative
bebopiinne
bebopeihinne
adessive
bebopillanne
bebopeillanne
ablative
bebopiltanne
bebopeiltanne
allative
bebopillenne
bebopeillenne
essive
bebopinanne
bebopeinanne
translative
bebopiksenne
bebopeiksenne
abessive
bebopittanne
bebopeittanne
instructive
comitative
—bebopeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bebopinsa
bebopinsa
accusative
nom.
bebopinsa
bebopinsa
gen.
bebopinsa
genitive
bebopinsa
bebopiensa
partitive
bebopiaan bebopiansa
bebopejaan bebopejansa
inessive
bebopissaan bebopissansa
bebopeissaan bebopeissansa
elative
bebopistaan bebopistansa
bebopeistaan bebopeistansa
illative
bebopiinsa
bebopeihinsa
adessive
bebopillaan bebopillansa
bebopeillaan bebopeillansa
ablative
bebopiltaan bebopiltansa
bebopeiltaan bebopeiltansa
allative
bebopilleen bebopillensa
bebopeilleen bebopeillensa
essive
bebopinaan bebopinansa
bebopeinaan bebopeinansa
translative
bebopikseen bebopiksensa
bebopeikseen bebopeiksensa
abessive
bebopittaan bebopittansa
bebopeittaan bebopeittansa
instructive
comitative
—bebopeineen bebopeinensa :

### Further reading

* “bebop”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bebop.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbi.bɔp/
* Rhymes: -ibɔp
* Syllabification: be‧bop

### Noun

bebop m inan
* (music) bebop

#### Derived terms

* bebopowy

### Further reading

* bebop in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* bebop in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* be-bop

### Noun

bebop m (uncountable)
* bebop

### Further reading

* “bebop”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bebop.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbiːbɔp/

### Noun

bebop c (uncountable)
* (jazz) bebop

#### Synonyms

* bop

### References

* bebop in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)