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bebop

be·bop [ b bòp ]


noun 
Definition:
 
fast complex jazz: fast jazz music with complex harmonies and melodies. Charlie Parker was the most famous exponent of the style.

[Mid-20th century. An imitation of either the two-beat phrase of such music or the nonsense syllables of scat singing]

be·bop·per noun
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