Third-person singular present tense of 'bebop'; to play or dance to bebop music.
From the onomatopoetic 'bebop' (1940s jazz style) plus standard '-s' verb ending. Bebop itself comes from the syncopated rhythm pattern: 'be-bop-a-loo-bop.'
Bebop emerged as musicians literally played the onomatopoeia—Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie made 'be-bop' the sound their horns created, which became the name of the whole revolution.
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