Thesaurus results for BOPS

bops 1 of 2

noun

plural of bop

as in thumps

a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument a bop to the printer sometimes fixes it

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bops

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verb

present tense third-person singular of bop

as in slaps

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 bops

Noun

Drizzy teased nearly ten new records and mixes in the film, ranging from acoustic ballads to island bops, New Orleans bounce tracks, and another rager with Yeat. — Armon Sadler, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026 Ciara, who has been married to former NFL quarterback Russell Wilson for a decade and before then soundtracked my college experience with her bops, is the guest judge filling in for Nina. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 July 2026 The upcoming third album pokes fun at nearly a dozen genres, including indie sleazepop, Disney Channel-era tween bops and late ‘90s minivan rock. — Marc Malkin, Variety, 17 July 2026 All in all, the show bops along quite tastily. — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026 Will the soundtrack contain new bops? — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026 Recorded during her Orquídeas era, this unexpected drop further cements Uchis as a deft purveyor of bops that exist purely to elevate your mood. — Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2025 Both are anthemic bro country bops in English. — Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 30 Oct. 2025 The album is filled with a dozen catchy, fun pop bops. — Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025

Verb

Thank the lord, this is a purely retro and analog experience that bops along quite deliciously. — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026 Everything bops breezily along, stopping occasionally to have Dek growl maxims about strength through domination, and observe a decapitation or two. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bops

Noun

The lower-vocal harmony struggles to stand out any time the deeper bass thumps.

— Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 10 Aug. 2026
Agents yelled from every direction, and the thumps of a news helicopter overhead were deafening.

— Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 May 2026

Definition of thumps

Noun

Ditka and Ryan had an often adversarial relationship, with the two nearly coming to blows during halftime of the team's only 1985 season loss, to the Miami Dolphins.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
Even with a human controlling the machine remotely, LaPenna was still trading blows with a heavy metal robot capable of putting real force behind its movements.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of blows

Verb

After the tempting offer, Pryce knocks on Clark’s door to see the ambitious former player wearing under-eye masks, agreeing to his proposition.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
The flash lasts only a fraction of a picosecond, and the beam knocks individual atoms out of place.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of knocks

Noun

Users can switch back to the original layout, Narasimhan says, and Reels will be unmuted once a user swipes or clicks into a video.

— Mia Sato, The Verge, 8 Oct. 2026
Fair warning, these are exactly the kind of candy a parent spots in a kid’s trick-or-treat bag and swipes as candy tax.

— Danielle Bouchard, Martha Stewart, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of swipes

Verb

And there’s rarely time to digest one controversy before the next one comes barreling down the road and smacks us in the mouth.

— Bernard Goldberg, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2026
In a fight with yet more mercenaries, Reacher smacks a gun out of a guy’s hand using one of Philadelphia’s moving subway trains.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026