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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Behold the swaggy celebrity fans like Timothée Chalamet, the $10,000 nosebleed seats, the President of the United States bopping north to catch Monday’s Game 3 at Madison Square Garden.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

What did teen girls bopping to “Modern Love” know about any of that?

From Salon • Jan. 24, 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

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

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