bop the bishop

English

Etymology

Uncertain; see bash the bishop.

Verb

bop the bishop (third-person singular simple present bops the bishop, present participle bopping the bishop, simple past and past participle bopped the bishop)

1. (idiomatic, slang) To masturbate (male).
   • 1996 November, James Hannaham, “Pecs, thighs, and videotape”, in The Village Voice, page 20:

     Five men's faces and penises. Each bops the bishop and blows a wad. Simple enough, but curiously abstracted.

   • [1999 March 4, David Wild, “Private Dicks: Men Exposed”, in Rolling Stone, page 95:

     There’s also much to learn here – for instance, I never knew that some of my brethren refer to yanking their crank as “bopping the bishop.”]

   • 2000 September, Michael Blumlein, “Fidelity: A Primer”, in Fantasy & Science Fiction, volume 99:

     We may not “tug the slug” or “pump the python.” Nor, routinely, do we “bop the bishop” or “make the bald man puke.” But listen. We surely burp the baby, we toss the salad, we choke the chicken […]

   • 2017, Lief Wright, Robby the R-Word, →OCLC, page 107:

     Were priests allowed, as Russell had said, to bop the bishop?

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:masturbate