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bopping

VERB

hit

Synonyms

STRONG

bash belt catch knock pop punch slam slug smack smash sock strike swat thwack wallop whack wham whop

WEAK

let someone have it

Antonyms

STRONG

fail lose miss praise tap

Example Sentences

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It’s hard to disagree that the current system, with quarterbacks bopping from campus to campus like jam bands and 26-year-olds lining up against 18-year-olds, needs revision.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

The aunties seemed genuinely delighted, bopping along to Bruno Mars as if this were the triumph of civic joy they had been waiting for since Election Day.

From Slate • Jan. 3, 2026

Musk, who was attending a Mar-a-Lago dinner with his mother, was caught on video bopping along to Trump campaign rally staple "Y.M.C.A."

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2024

It’s the uniform of Echevarria’s youth on the East Coast, bopping between the suburbs and Manhattan.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2024

Leroy’s band broke into a reggae number and we started bopping on out the park.

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers