Dop
noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 A diving bird.
- 2 . A drink. South-Africa, slang
"Let's go to the bar for a dop."
- 3 Initialism of date of production. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 4 An imprecise measure of alcohol; a dash. South-Africa, slang
"Give me a dop of brandy."
- 5 Initialism of director of photography. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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- 6 A dip; a low courtesy. obsolete
"The Venetian dop this"
- 7 Initialism of dilution of precision (in GPS). abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 8 A little copper cup in which a diamond is held while being cut.
- 9 Initialism of dioctyl phthalate. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 10 Initialism of deadline of payment. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
"Item: TWICELAND Fantasy Park Photobook (Sealed) / Price: 800 pesos only / DOP: PAYO / MOD: SCO or GGX / MOP: BPI or Gcash"
- 11 Initialism of discrete oriented polytope. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 1 To fail or to plug (an examination, standard or grade) South-Africa, slang
"I dopped my exams."
- 2 To drink alcohol. South-Africa, slang
"They not only forswore dopping themselves, but also contrived to make the National Party forgo a dop."
- 3 To dip or duck.
"you may dape or dop, and also with a grasshopper, behind a tree, or in any deep hole; still making it to move on the top of the water, as if it were alive, and still keeping yourself out of sight"
Example
More examples"you may dape or dop, and also with a grasshopper, behind a tree, or in any deep hole; still making it to move on the top of the water, as if it were alive, and still keeping yourself out of sight"
Etymology
From Middle English doppe, from Old English *doppa (“dipper”) (compare dīepan), as in Old English dūfedoppa (“pelican”).
From Middle English doppen, from Old English *doppian (“to dip, dive, plunge”), related to Old English doppettan (“to dip, dip in, immerse”).
From Dutch dop, from Middle Dutch dop, dup, doppe, from Old Dutch *dopp, *dupp, from Proto-West Germanic *dupp, from Proto-Germanic *duppaz (“hollow, shell, bowl”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Dop (“shell, pod, bowl”), German Topf (“pot”).
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