to bop
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6.1
- verb
- /bɑp/
- Informal
:
dar un golpecito a
- The teacher had to bop the noisy students on the head with a ruler to get their attention.
Perhaps you could bop an octua on the nose for changing their color.
- Perhaps you could bop an octua on the nose for changing their color.
- We don't have to bop somebody over the head to make him to to make drama on the screen.
- That's the way you get them in close bop and them.
Examples
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When I saw him getting too close to the sharp corner, I quickly bopped him away to prevent an accident.
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"Well, you did bop him."
Fiction book (1996) -
If that doesn't work, then you bop him on the head.
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Grrrrr, I wanted to bop her with a rolled-up newspaper.
Blog text (28) -
She playfully bopped him on the head with a sponge during the water fight.
Synonyms
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1.0
To strike someone or something with force
∞
1.2
To hit something or someone again and again, making a rhythm
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2.4
To hit someone or something with force
492
1.0
Hit quickly with the flat part of the hand
455
1.4
To hit someone or something quickly with a closed fist
318
1.0
To hit or close something suddenly and loudly
225
1.3
To hit something again and again very hard
221
1.5
Move the arm in a wide sweep to try to hit something
164
3.5
To hit someone or something with an open hand
104
3.9
A quick hard hit with the hand or a flat object
73
2.9
To hit someone or something very hard
57
3.2
To hit something or someone hard and repeatedly
46
3.4
To hit someone or something quickly and lightly
43
7.9
To hit someone or something very hard
39
7.2
To hit someone very hard
23
8.8
To hit someone repeatedly with a heavy stick or club
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3.3
To poke quickly and sharply with a finger, hand, or object
19
7.7
To hit someone or something very hard many times
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3.7
To hit something quickly to make a short sharp sound
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5.1
To hit someone or something hard with a heavy stick
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7.6
To hit a person or thing lightly, often by accident
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3.7
Hit someone or something very hard
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7.3
To hit something or someone very hard
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9.9
To hit someone or something hard
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8.1
To hit something or someone hard and make a loud sound
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9.0
To hit someone or something hard, often by accident
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6.3
To hit something hard so it moves or gets damaged
To hit something quickly with a short, sharp blow
To hit something very hard with your fist or a bat
To hit someone hard so they fall down
Antonyms
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Etymology
Bop meaning 'to hit' is a sound word that copies a short, soft strike, like the quick noise 'bop' or 'pop' when something is tapped. A helpful way to remember it is to think of that small 'bop' sound, which is why to bop someone is to give a quick, often playful, hit.