dop

See also DOP

English

Etymology

unknown

Noun

dop (plural dops)

1. (South Africa, slang). A drink.

   Let's go to the bar for a dop.

2. (South Africa, slang) An imprecise measure of alcohol; a dash.

   Give me a dop of brandy.

3. (obsolete) A dip; a low courtesy.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)

4. A little copper cup in which a diamond is held while being cut.

Synonyms

• (cup in which diamond is cut): doop

Verb

dop (third-person singular simple present dops, present participle dopping, simple past and past participle dopped)

1. (South Africa, slang) To fail or to plug (an examination, standard or grade)

   I dopped my exams.

2. (South Africa, slang) To drink alcohol.
   • 2004, Patrick Stevens, Politics is the Greatest Game (page 170)

     They not only forswore dopping themselves, but also contrived to make the National Party forgo a dop.

Adjective

dop

1. (US, slang) Small zippered toiletries - used with kit.
   • Harper's Magazine, p.63, January, 2009

     […] bellhops incapable of carrying anything heavier than a dop kit.

     This usage has become generalized from the brand name, Dopp kit.

Anagrams

• PO'd, POD, pod

---

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

dop m (plural doppen, diminutive dopje)

1. a hemispherical container such as a thimble
2. a shell (of an egg or a nut for example)

   Beter een half ei dan een hele dop. - Better half an egg than a whole (empty) shell.

3. a bottle cap
4. eyelid

   Kijk uit je doppen! - Look out!

Verb

dop

1. first-person singular present indicative of doppen
2. imperative of doppen

---

Ido

Adverb

dop

1. behind, rear

Preposition

dop

1. behind, rear

Antonyms

• avan

---

Romanian

Etymology

From Transylvanian Saxon dop.

Noun

dop n (plural dopuri)

1. cork (of a bottle), stopper

---

Swedish

Etymology

Related to doppa (to dip)

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

dop n

1. a baptism, a christening ceremony

Declension

Declension of dop

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dop	dopet	dop	dopen
genitive	dops	dopets	dops	dopens

Related terms

barndop dopakt dopattest dopbevis dopbok dopfunt

dopförrättare dopgrav dopgudstjänst dopgåva dopklänning dopnamn

dopritual dopskål dopvatten vuxendop döpa

References

• dop in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)