bopper

noun — 3 senses

bopper

noun

/ˈbɒpəɹ/

Etymology From bop + -er.

1

Dated, Informal A person who dances the bop.

2

Dated, Informal A musician who plays the bop genre.

3

Dated, Informal A teenybopper.

[…] teeny-bopper long before I hit 11. At 11 you couldn't be a teenager but you could be a bopper, wear bobby socks and bop around and the other boppers would get crushes on you.1999, Susan Holbrook, Misled, page 18:

Derived terms: teenybopper, weeny-bopper
Related terms: deely bopper

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