dop

See also: DOP and döp

English

Etymology

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.
    (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.
  5. A diving bird.

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.
  3. To dip or duck.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Walton to this entry?)

See also

Anagrams


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • 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. first-person singular present indicative of doppen
  2. imperative of doppen

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

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-

Romanian

Etymology

From Transylvanian Saxon Dop (stopper).

Noun

dop n (plural dopuri)

  1. cork (of a bottle), stopper

Declension

Synonyms

  • astupuș (popular)

Derived terms


Swedish

Etymology

Related to doppa (to dip)

Pronunciation

  • (file)

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
  • barndop
  • dopakt
  • dopattest
  • dopbevis
  • dopbok
  • dopfunt
  • dopförrättare
  • dopgrav
  • dopgudstjänst
  • dopgåva
  • dopklänning
  • dopnamn
  • dopritual
  • dopskål
  • dopvatten
  • vuxendop
  • döpa

References

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