dop

See also: DOP and döp

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Middle English doppe, from Old English *doppa (“diver”), as in Old English dūfedoppa (“pelican”).

Noun

dop (plural dops)

1. A diving bird.

Etymology 2

From Middle English doppen, from Old English *doppian (“to dip, dive, plunge”), related to Old English doppettan (“to dip, dip in, immerse”).

Verb

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

   I dopped my exams.

2. To dip or duck.

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Etymology 3

From Dutch dop, Dutch doppen.

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.

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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 dopp, present participle -ing, simple past and past participle dopped)

1. (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.

See also

• dop kit

Anagrams

• -pod, DPO, ODP, PDO, PO'd, POD, po'd, pod, pod-

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔp

Noun

dop m (plural doppen, diminutive dopje n)

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. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of doppen
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of doppen

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian dopo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dop/, /dɔp/

Preposition

dop

1. behind, after (in place), back of

   L'automobilo esas dop la parieto.

   The car is behind the wall.

Antonyms

• avan

Derived terms

• dopa (“back, rear, hind”)
• dope (“astern, at the back, aback”)
• dopo (“back”)
• dopajo (“rear, back (object or part behind)”)
• dedop (“from behind”)
• dop-

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Romanian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Transylvanian Saxon Dop (“stopper”).

Noun

dop n (plural dopuri)

1. cork (of a bottle), stopper

Declension

Declension of dop

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) dop	dopul	(niște) dopuri	dopurile
genitive/dative	(unui) dop	dopului	(unor) dopuri	dopurilor
vocative	dopule		dopurilor

Synonyms

• astupuș (popular)

Derived terms

• îndopa

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Swedish

Etymology

Related to doppa (to dip)

Pronunciation

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Noun

dop n

1. a baptism, a christening ceremony

Declension

Declension of dop
	Singular		Plural
	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 (SAOL)