Thesaurus results for BOPPED

bopped

verb

past tense of bop

as in smacked

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner she playfully bopped him on the head

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Recent Examples of bopped Ortiz bopped 208 in his first five seasons with the Red Sox. — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 24 June 2026 At 16, Avtan bopped around her bedroom in West Hills to the digital hardcore and gabber of acts like Lolita Storm. — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 15 June 2026 After being bored and bopped to death by the Los Angeles Kings in the first round, Sunday proved to be a breath of fresh air, at least as far as pace goes. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 4 May 2026 The sea of heads bopped rhythmically and bodies swayed wildly. — Ope Adetayo, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2026 The K-pop boy band Cortis arrived with an entourage of handlers and bopped around to their own music; the trance DJ Armin van Buuren got stony-serious on the topic of his new, piano-only album. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025 Their original band artwork projected as a backdrop — cats at drum sets, birds holding guitars — as the campers bopped their heads and performed their original songs. — Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025 Perry bopped through 80 shows in a nearly two-year residency in Las Vegas that ended in 2022. — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025 The former president bopped around on stage for nearly 40 minutes to his musical playlist that includes artists from Luciano Pavarotti to the Village People. — Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2024

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bopped

Verb

Taylor Trammell then smacked his first triple of the year off the brick wall in right field before Allen sent him home with the go-ahead run off Keaton Winn (2-3).

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
When Cunningham went up, Carrington jumped and smacked her in the face.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of smacked

Verb

Moehrig responded with 103 tackles — one off his 2024 total — while establishing career highs with 14 tackles for loss, three sacks and seven quarterback hits.

— Joseph Person, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
The height of hurricane season looms, and Gulf Coast refineries have in the past been derailed by major hurricanes hitting the Gulf Coast.

— Matt Egan, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of hit

Verb

Later in the series, Shah finds himself getting slapped in the face.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026
Slapping and/or being slapped was one of Oliver’s handful of requests for his soap opera appearance, along with playing a character with a ridiculous name, and wearing an equally ridiculous wig.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of slapped

Verb

The highlight of the two going up against each other came when Shough threw a ball up for grabs along the right sideline that Olave came down with, but Downs knocked it out at the last second.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2026
Police surrounded the area, knocked repeatedly and called Brown by name, but no one answered.

— Christopher Harris, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of knocked

Verb

Two people who saw the surveillance video recognized the man who punched Wilson as Harris, and one knew him from previous assaults in the area, the complaint said.

— Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 13 Aug. 2026
By Wednesday, Carter said, fallen branches had punched several holes through roofs across the campus, including the administration building.

— Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of punched

Verb

Four years before the Falcon 9 upper stage crashed near Einstein Crater, for example, part of a Chinese Long March 3C rocket slammed into the moon's far side.

— Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 14 Aug. 2026
Danon slammed anti-Israel critics for relying on fake terrorist data while Hamas actively hijacked and marked up aid.

— Staff, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of slammed

Verb

During Sturgeon’s speech, the board walked out and took a brief recess after board President Charles Cush repeatedly banged his gavel and told Sturgeon his speaking time expired.

— Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
That looked like all Boise would need until Madison’s Aaron Edwards banged home a world-class equalizer in the 83rd minute, firing a shot from the left edge of the box and tucking it inside the right post.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 9 Aug. 2026