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record hop

record hop

8.6
An informal dance for teenagers where people play popular songs from records
  • noun
  • /ˈrɛkərd hɑp/
  • Archaic
translation icon : baile de discos
  • Teenagers flocked to the record hop to dance to the latest hits.

Examples

  • Are you going to the record hop this Friday?

  • The high school gym was decorated for the record hop on Friday night.

  • She met her best friend at a record hop in 1961.

  • The record hop was so much fun!

  • Last weekend, we attended a lively record hop where everyone danced to their favorite songs.

  • The school organized a record hop to celebrate the end of the semester, and everyone had a great time.

  • She dressed up for the record hop and was excited to dance with her friends all night.

Synonyms

hop
vsrecord hop
  • Archaic
173 5.9

An informal dance party where popular music is played

is aimed at teenagers and features preplayed music rather than a live band

How Lively

rave
39 7.2
record hop
  • Archaic
8.6
club
835 1.2
singsong
  • UK
1 4.8

Surface Forms

record hop singular
record hops plural

Morphology

record + hop

The meaning 'an informal dance party where music is played on records' is directly and transparently built from 'record' (vinyl disc used for music) + 'hop' (a casual dance event), so the composition plainly specifies the type of dance event. This is a straightforward, compositional pattern that a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer even if the term is somewhat dated.

Etymology

The noun record hop comes from small school dances where people danced to music played on records and the word hop was a casual name for a dance. That's why record hop means an informal 'dance party' for teenagers.