bebop

About 0.18 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An early form of modern jazz played by small groups and featuring driving rhythms and complex, often dissonant harmonies.
2. verb To participate in bebop jazz, such as by dancing in a way associated with the genre.
3. verb To walk in an easygoing, carefree manner.

Similar words

bop jazz postbop cubop smooth jazz boom bap punk-jazz modal jazz nu jazz boogie

Often followed by

and was musicians era style in to jazz revolution

Word family

bebopper beboppers bebops