1. a style of jazz music characterized by complex harmonies and rhythms, also known as bebop
Usage: music; informal

Examples

• The musicians played rebop late into the night at the jazz club.
• Charlie Parker was a master of rebop saxophone.
• The complex rhythms of rebop challenged traditional jazz listeners.
• She studied rebop compositions to improve her improvisation skills.
• The rebop movement emerged in the 1940s as a reaction to swing music.