dop
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɒp/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒp
Etymology 1
From Middle English doppe, from Old English *doppa (“diver”), as in Old English dūfedoppa (“pelican”).
Noun
dop (plural dops)
- 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
dop (third-person singular simple present dops, present participle dopping, simple past and past participle dopped)
- (South Africa, slang) To fail or to plug (an examination, standard or grade)
- I dopped my exams.
- To dip or duck.
- 1653, Iz[aak] Wa[lton], The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, […], London: […] T. Maxey for Rich[ard] Marriot, […], OCLC 1097101645; reprinted as The Compleat Angler (Homo Ludens; 6), Nieuwkoop, South Holland, Netherlands: Miland Publishers, 1969, →ISBN:
- 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
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Etymology 3
From Dutch dop, Dutch doppen.
Noun
dop (plural dops)
- (South Africa, slang). A drink.
- Let's go to the bar for a dop.
- (South Africa, slang) An imprecise measure of alcohol; a dash.
- Give me a dop of brandy.
- (obsolete) A dip; a low courtesy.
- 1600 (first performance), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Cynthias Revels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]”, in The Workes of Ben Jonson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, OCLC 960101342:
- The Venetian dop this
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- 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)
- (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.
- 2004, Patrick Stevens, Politics is the Greatest Game (page 170)
See also
- dop kit
Anagrams
- -pod, DPO, ODP, PDO, PO'd, POD, po'd, pod, pod-
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɔp/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: dop
- Rhymes: -ɔp
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch doppe.
Noun
dop m (plural doppen, diminutive dopje n)
- A shell (of an egg or a fruit for example).
- Beter een half ei dan een hele dop. - Better half an egg than a whole (empty) shell.
- A hemispherical container such as a thimble.
- A bottle cap.
- Synonym: flessendop
- (chiefly in the plural) An eyelid.
- Kijk uit je doppen! - Look out!
- (Belgium, uncountable) The dole, unemployment benefit.
Derived terms
- dopbeitel
- dopbonen
- doperwt
- dopgeld
- dopheide
- dophoed
- dopijzer
- dopjongen
- doppen (verb)
- doppot
- dopverband
- dopvrucht
- eierdop
- flessendop
- in de dop
- vingerdop
- wieldop
Descendants
- Petjo: dop
- → Indonesian: dop
- → Papiamentu: dòpi
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
dop
- first-person singular present indicative of doppen
- imperative of doppen
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian dopo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dop/, /dɔp/
Preposition
dop
- 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-
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch dop.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdɔp]
- Hyphenation: dop
Noun
dop (first-person possessive dopku, second-person possessive dopmu, third-person possessive dopnya)
- A cap of axis.
- An arc lamp.
Further reading
- “dop” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Transylvanian Saxon Dop (“stopper”).
Noun
dop n (plural dopuri)
- A cork (of a bottle), stopper
Declension
| 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
Swedish
Etymology
From Middle Low German dōpe, from Old Saxon dōpi, from Proto-Germanic *daupīniz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-.
Related to doppa (“to dip”), döpa (“to baptize”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - IPA(key): /duːp/
Noun
dop n
- 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 |
Derived terms
- barndop
- dopakt
- dopattest
- dopbevis
- dopbok
- dopfunt
- dopförrättare
- dopgrav
- dopgudstjänst
- dopgåva
- dopklänning
- dopnamn
- dopritual
- dopskål
- dopvatten
- vuxendop
Related terms
- djup
- dopp
- doppa
- döpa
References
- dop in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- dop in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)