Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bebop
Participle: bebopped
Gerund: bebopping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bebop |
| you | bebop |
| he;she;it | bebops |
| we | bebop |
| you | bebop |
| they | bebop |
Perfect
| I | have bebopped |
| you | have bebopped |
| he;she;it | has bebopped |
| we | have bebopped |
| you | have bebopped |
| they | have bebopped |
Past
| I | bebopped |
| you | bebopped |
| he;she;it | bebopped |
| we | bebopped |
| you | bebopped |
| they | bebopped |
Pluperfect
| I | had bebopped |
| you | had bebopped |
| he;she;it | had bebopped |
| we | had bebopped |
| you | had bebopped |
| they | had bebopped |
Future
| I | will bebop |
| you | will bebop |
| he;she;it | will bebop |
| we | will bebop |
| you | will bebop |
| they | will bebop |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bebopped |
| you | will have bebopped |
| he;she;it | will have bebopped |
| we | will have bebopped |
| you | will have bebopped |
| they | will have bebopped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bebop |
| you | bebop |
| he;she;it | bebop |
| we | bebop |
| you | bebop |
| they | bebop |
Perfect
| I | have bebopped |
| you | have bebopped |
| he;she;it | have bebopped |
| we | have bebopped |
| you | have bebopped |
| they | have bebopped |
Imperfect
| I | bebopped |
| you | bebopped |
| he;she;it | bebopped |
| we | bebopped |
| you | bebopped |
| they | bebopped |
Pluperfect
| I | had bebopped |
| you | had bebopped |
| he;she;it | had bebopped |
| we | had bebopped |
| you | had bebopped |
| they | had bebopped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bebop |
| you | would bebop |
| he;she;it | would bebop |
| we | would bebop |
| you | would bebop |
| they | would bebop |
Perfect
| I | would have bebopped |
| you | would have bebopped |
| he;she;it | would have bebopped |
| we | would have bebopped |
| you | would have bebopped |
| they | would have bebopped |
Imperative
| you | bebop |
| we | Let's bebop |
| you | bebop |
Verbs conjugated like 'bebop'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bebop'
betop,
bebar,
bebay,
beblot,
bebump,
bedhop,
bedip,
bedog,
bedrop,
beep,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Alteration of earlier rebop, nonsense syllables used in scat singing in the 1940s. Compare doo be doo be doo, doo-wop, etc.
Sample Sentences
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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. [1988 September 2, Bill Wyman, “Terms of interment: retrospecting the Ramones and the Clash”, in Chicago Reader:]
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“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.” [2007 November 26, Brooks Barnes, “Laugh Lines in the Hollywood Strike”, in New York Times:]
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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. [1986, Steve Estes, Called to Die: The Story of American Linguist Chet Bitterman, Slain by Terrorists, Zondervan Publishing Company, →ISBN:]
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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. [2001, Patsy Clairmont, The Best Devotions of Patsy Clairmont, Zondervan Publishing Company, →ISBN:]
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Summer bebopped over, holding a cup of spiked punch in each hand. [2013, Beth Kendrick, The Week Before the Wedding, Penguin, →ISBN:]