Bop 408313 222251337 2008-06-28T09:56:59Z Welsh 310131 sp {{wiktionarypar|bop}} '''BOP''' or '''bop''' may refer to: * bop, a [[Smacking|smack]], [[Strike (attack)|strike]], or [[Punch (strike)|punch]] * bop, shortened form of [[Bebop]], an early modern jazz developed in the 1940s **[[hard bop]], a style of jazz music that is extension of bebop (or "bop") music * bop, organised [[party]] or [[club night]] at many British universities * bop, southern U.S. word for [[whore]] *''[[Bop (magazine)|Bop]]'' an American magazine for teens *''[[Bop (Dan Seals song)|Bop]]'', a single by [[Dan Seals]], released in 1986 *[[Bird of Prey]], eagles, owls and other such carnivorous [[raptors]] ==Abbreviations== ===Places=== * [[Bay of Pigs]], in Cuba; also a place of a failed American battle * [[Bay of Plenty]], a region in New Zealand * [[Bophuthatswana]], South Africa * [[Border Pacific Railroad]] (AAR reporting marks BOP), a short-line railroad headquartered in Rio Grande City, Texas, United States * [[Bowes Park railway station]], [[London]], [[England]]; [[National Rail]] station code BOP ===Entities=== * [[balance of payments]], measures the payments that flow between any individual country and all other countries * [[bleeding on probing]], expression used by dentists to signify gingival (gum) bleeding on mechanical stimulation by a probe * [[blowout preventer]], a large valve that encases an oil well at surface, in oil and gas drilling * [[Bottom of the Pyramid]] (or Base of the Pyramid, or Bottom of the Pile); a reference to the large class of those in extreme poverty * [[Buick]], [[Oldsmobile]], and [[Pontiac]]. An acronym denoting common parts and specifications across engine and automobile offerings from these three General Motors divisions. * [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]], a branch of the U.S. Justice Department * Businessowners policy, a [[Insurance#Types of insurance|type of insurance policy]] * [[Balance of Power]] * [[Brown Opera Productions]], a student-run opera company at Brown University {{disambig}} [[de:BOP]] [[fr:BOP]] [[it:BOP]] [[he:בופ]] [[ja:BOP]]