Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
An early form of modern jazz played by small groups and featuring driving rhythms and complex, often dissonant harmonies.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo participate in bebop jazz, such as by dancing in a way associated with the genre. · To walk in an easygoing, carefree manner.
Alteration of earlier rebop, nonsense syllables used in scat singing in the 1940s. Compare doo be doo be doo, doo-wop, etc.
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