How to Use bop in a Sentence

bop

1 of 2 verb

• She playfully bopped him on the head.
• Despite the fun theme, this show failed to bop its way to the top of our rankings.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 5 Apr. 2023
• They could be seen bopping along to the tunes from their seats with Union Flags in hand.
  — Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN, 8 May 2023
• And then there were a bunch of tweens and teens gathered in front of the screen who were just bopping around and singing their hearts out.
  — Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2023
• Send any news, comments, three years to bop around space, and your best take on Irish coffee to [e-mail].
  — Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024
• The camera scans across the crowd, fans beaming and bopping along to every word.
  — Isabelia Herrera, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2023
• Cohen played the song for less than one chorus’s worth of time, bopping along to it with (off-beat) full-body squats.
  — Vulture, 27 June 2023
• Mowry could be seen bopping her head back and forth, shimmying her hips and even adding a few snaps.
  — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 20 Jan. 2024
• Rats have a human-like sense of rhythm and can bop their heads in time to musical beats, a new study suggests.
  — Jacquelyne Germain, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Nov. 2022
• In the clip, shenanigans ensue when Ferris runs up to the glass to meet the cleaner, who pretends to bop the pup's nose from the other side of the window.
  — Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023
• Try not to bop your head and tap your feet while listening to Weezer's new album.
  — Gary Dinges, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2021
• The spring action works well, and babies can really bop up and down just by bending their knees.
  — Jessica Hartshorn, Good Housekeeping, 15 Mar. 2023
• While rapping the Take Care album cut, Drake sat on a couch alongside a hologram version of his younger self, which bopped its head along to the beat.
  — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 7 July 2023
• Members of the audience bop their heads along to the iconic music of the period, a playlist that is notably White.
  — Meg Jacobs, CNN, 11 Apr. 2023
• The clip showed her and her new wife bopping along at their sweetheart table and glimpses of their verdant indoor party.
  — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023
• Viewers are going to be bopped about the head and under no uncertain terms will realize that the product is there in the movie.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
• Often center stage, Tess would bop around and dance in place, sometimes whipping her hair around while plucking at her bass.
  — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2023
• Rocking an orange bucket hat, red jersey and jeans, Ocean flexes, bops his head and sways side-to-side in the new clip, clearly vibing out to the chill song, whose dreamy lyrics are hard to make out.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 8 Dec. 2023
• While Britney stans are holding tight to their Timberlake grudge, the pop icon is bopping along to his musical comeback.
  — Shania Russell, EW.com, 29 Jan. 2024
• Coin lead singer Chase Lawrence bopped around the stage during their slot, his glorious golden curls flopping and flying with his movements, as a frantic crowd screamed for more.
  — Heather Bushman, The Indianapolis Star, 18 June 2023
• Next, Future Zahir appeared on the clip, following his sister's lead by rolling his arms and bopping his shoulders.
  — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2023
• The group gathered 90 minutes before the showing to bop between restaurants, discuss their predictions about the film, and take photos and videos in their Barbie best.
  — Tess Garcia, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 July 2023
• No masks were required outdoors, vaccinated people could gather in groups, and Dr. Chan and her son could bop their heads to music in restaurants.
  — New York Times, 8 Oct. 2021
• The visual ping-pongs between MGK and his dancers bopping down the city’s streets, cars and four-wheelers burning out in front of a liquor store and Baker casually sitting on a gold and crimson throne.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 31 May 2023
• Continue to bop to Michael Jackson, who was accused of molesting children?
  — Laura Kipnis, The New Republic, 5 May 2023
• Strawberry, Pop-Tarts’ oversized edible mascot, spent the entirety of the game bopping around with glee.
  — Jason Abbruzzese, NBC News, 12 Feb. 2024
• Most of the politicking took place a few floors up, where the contenders bopped among various caucus meetings in a bid to court committed party activists.
  — Melanie Mason, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023
• Throughout the night, the singer was bopping around onstage, dancing so aggressively to the music that his head would bob strategically to sing into the microphone.
  — William Earl, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023
• Percussion skips like a kid bopping through hopscotch squares, and we’re left wondering if whatever Bono – or any of us – is looking for will remain elusive.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2023
• That might look like bopping around to hilltop villages on a road trip or plopping down in a vibrant metropolis and going on some interesting day trips.
  — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2023

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bop

2 of 2 noun

• And just like that, Chris Pratt is a 2008 bop from the Ting Tings.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 27 June 2022
• So, thank you Bryce for the comment that launched a bop.
  — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 19 May 2021
• The 15-track album is a bop that'll bring back a bit of nostalgia.
  — Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 4 Sep. 2021
• But this time, La Zarra brought a bop, suspended high above the ground in a glittery gown.
  — Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2023
• And Megan has provided a bop to fit all those quadrants.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 11 June 2021
• The precision of her stunts come right on time and feel perfectly on brand for the Britney bop.
  — Paul McCallion, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2021
• But when Pink convinced Perry to work with her, the girls' night out-ready bop was a natural fit.
  — Lanford Beard, PEOPLE.com, 20 Nov. 2021
• The club bop comes seven months after the pop star first surprised fans with a new cover of Glory.
  — Rachel Yang, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2020
• There’s a guy getting choked out with a toilet seat while an adult baby bops Sam Richardson over the head.
  — Vulture, 24 May 2023
• TikTok bop of the year, TikTok songwriter of the year and best comeback album.
  — Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com, 21 Mar. 2022
• Thanks to Kelly Clarkson, Christmas is coming early (very early) and in the form of a sassy bop.
  — Andrea Towers, EW.com, 23 Sep. 2021
• Honestly, worth it to see MK and Ash bop around Paris on mopeds with cute boys (or boys who seemed cute to me at fourteen years old).
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 16 Aug. 2022
• In support of for her album full of dance, disco, and house bops, Beyoncé dressed to the nines for each and every stop.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 30 Dec. 2023
• The song goes full fanfare, with bells, whistles and everything in-between for a head-spinning dance bop.
  — Cristina Jaleru, chicagotribune.com, 2 Oct. 2020
• Many of the categories will be socially fan-voted, like with TikTok bop of the year, favorite on screen and best fan army.
  — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 18 Jan. 2024
• The original song by PinkPantheress was a bop in itself.
  — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 28 Feb. 2023
• Davis went on to pioneer an array of jazz styles, including cool, hard bop, modal and fusion.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 July 2021
• There is no doubt that the flavor of grits and gravy — Blakey’s hard bop earthiness — radiates from Green’s propulsive playing.
  — Bo Emerson, ajc, 18 Apr. 2022
• Together, the pop stars craft a down-tempo breakup bop about leaving boring exes.
  — Zoe Guy, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2023
• And because the songs are actual bops, there are also videos of parents, aunties and uncles giving in to the urge to dance, sing or, uh, twerk (sans kiddos) along.
  — Bethonie Butler, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2024
• From a best friend anthem to a brainy bop, this collection of tunes from Karma shows her singing, shining and freestyling alongside friends and family.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 12 June 2022
• These are the artists whose aggressive improvisation, rhythmic thrust and fiery soloing put hard bop on the map.
  — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2022
• Vanessa and Natalia Bryant are also seen getting down to the hit Beyoncé bop.
  — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2023
• Kenya Moore follows in the footsteps of her co-star Whitfield by turning an iconic season-five clapback into a bop.
  — Louis Staples, Vulture, 23 June 2022
• Lucius drafted Carlile to produce their latest LP, which climaxes with this sparkling ’80s-pop bop.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2022
• Pokémon Unite will never resonate on the level of a Justin Bieber bop, and even saying so makes a ridiculous comparison.
  — Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 10 Aug. 2021
• The new restaurant will also feature a few new menu items, like kimchi fried rice and spicy noodle bop (a rice and ramen mix with flank steak, a sunny side up egg and sweet and spicy bacon).
  — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024
• Sadly, Duff didn't step on stage to perform her iconic Lizzie McGuire bop, but her taupe turtleneck dress definitely stole the show — even from the audience.
  — Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 13 Jan. 2023
• There’s just different kinds of bops for different reasons.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 13 Mar. 2024
• At first glance, many appear to be possible break-up songs, or songs about difficulties in a relationship, with a few possible new love bops thrown in.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024