BEBOPS Synonyms

• any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis

• pickled flower buds used as a pungent relish in various dishes and sauces

• a crime (especially a robbery)

• a playful leap or hop

• gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement

• a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

• jump about playfully

• play boisterously

• an artistic form of nonverbal communication

• a party of people assembled for dancing

• taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music

• a party for social dancing

• move in a graceful and rhythmical way

• move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance

• skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways

• gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement

• play boisterously

• to wind or move in a spiral course

• revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis

• perform without preparation

• manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand

• empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk

• a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles

• a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands

• play something in the style of jazz

• have sexual intercourse with

• a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz

• dance to jive music; dance the jive

• the act of pouncing

• move down on as if in an attack

• a proud stiff pompous gait

• to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others

• spring forward on the hind legs

• cause (a horse) to bound spring forward

• ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward

• singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument

• flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

• sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs

• large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins

• move along on skates

• a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity

• mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth

• a sweeping blow or stroke

• changing location by moving back and forth

• a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz

• a jaunty rhythm in music

• the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it

• in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball

• a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them

• move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting

• move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner

• change direction with a swinging motion; turn

• influence decisively

• make a big sweeping gesture or movement

• hang loosely

• hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement

• alternate dramatically between high and low values

• live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style

• have a certain musical rhythm

• be a social swinger; socialize a lot

• play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm

• engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends

• an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940)

• the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes

• dance the bebop

• hit hard