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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When chants of “No ICE, no KKK, no fascist USA” broke out, one agent started beating his hands to the rhythm and bopping his head.

From Slate • May 29, 2026

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

Radiating energy in everything he does, even if it’s just bopping to the 1990s R&B girl group Xscape while getting off the bus, Lawrence appeared eager to make the most of this final college chance.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2025

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

I came bopping down the block, swinging a bodega bag.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds