"bopper" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɒpəɹ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bopper.wav [Southern-England] Forms: boppers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒpə(ɹ) Etymology: From bop + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|bop|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} From bop + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} bopper (plural boppers)
  1. (informal, dated) A person who dances the bop. Tags: dated, informal
    Sense id: en-bopper-en-noun-e~8Ui7DL Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 34 30 37 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 34 30 37
  2. (informal, dated) A musician who plays the bop genre. Tags: dated, informal Synonyms: boppist
    Sense id: en-bopper-en-noun-~49VGLRD Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 34 30 37 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 34 30 37
  3. (informal, dated) A teenybopper. Tags: dated, informal
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: teenybopper, weeny-bopper Related terms: deely bopper

Inflected forms

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