"bopper" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɒpəɹ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bopper.wav Forms: boppers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒpə(ɹ) Etymology: From bop + -er. Etymology templates: {{af|en|bop|-er|id2=agent noun}} 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
  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 incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: teenybopper, weeny-bopper Related terms: deely bopper

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "A person who dances the bop."
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          "dance",
          "dance"
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          "bop",
          "bop"
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        "(informal, dated) A person who dances the bop."
      ],
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        "A musician who plays the bop genre."
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        "(informal, dated) A musician who plays the bop genre."
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        {
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        "informal"
      ]
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        "A person who dances the bop."
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          "bop",
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