bebop

1. (intransitive) To participate in bebop jazz, such as by dancing in a way associated with the genre.Examples: "Six months into their career, the Clash already showed themselves the equal of any rock band that had come before them, simply by assaulting the last frontier of rock mythology: the notion that the rock audience, like some sort of bebopping proletariat, was a receptacle of goodness and hope, and that rock 'n' roll offered redemption."; "“The studios think we are having a horrible time out here,” said Richard Potter, a screenwriter who made “Strike Dancing,” a YouTube video showing pickets bebopping in formation to “Play That Funky Music.”"intransitive

2. (intransitive, usually with a directional preposition) To walk in an easygoing, carefree manner.Examples: "Typically one could spot Chet bebopping down the sidewalk in an Amish hat, or hunched over a cafeteria table discussing Calvinism or the Vietnam war."; "I can't even say it was the people who board and casually whack off the top of your head with their slung-over-the-shoulder carry-ons as they obliviously bebop down the aisle to locate their seats."; "Summer bebopped over, holding a cup of spiked punch in each hand."intransitiveusually