bop

Critics lambasted the Wyeths and Mr. Andrews as hucksters. Wyeth, horrified, responded by saying the critics “were just looking to bop me on the head.”
Later Wyeth exhibitions were comparatively low key, and caused less of a fuss, perhaps also because an increasingly eclectic art world, which celebrated Norman Rockwell, found space to accommodate painters like Wyeth.

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Pronunciation: /bɒp/ 

informal

VERB (bops, bopping, bopped)

[WITH OBJECT]

Hit or punch quickly:Rex bopped him on the head

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NOUN

A quick blow or punch.

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Origin

1930s (originally US): imitative.