bebop

An early form of modern jazz played by small groups and featuring driving rhythms and complex, often dissonant harmonies.uncountable

To participate in bebop jazz, such as by dancing in a way associated with the genre.intransitive

• “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.”

To walk in an easygoing, carefree manner.informalintransitiveusually

• 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.