dop
English
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /dɒp/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒp
Etymology 1
editFrom Middle English doppe, from Old English *doppa (“dipper”) (compare diepan), as in Old English dūfedoppa (“pelican”).
Noun
editdop (plural dops)
Etymology 2
editFrom Middle English doppen, from Old English *doppian (“to dip, dive, plunge”), related to Old English doppettan (“to dip, dip in, immerse”).
Verb
editdop (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; 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
- 1693, [Thomas] d’Urfey, The Richmond Heiress: Or, A Woman Once in the Right. A Comedy, […], London: […] Samuel Briscoe, […], →OCLC, Act II, scene i, page 14:
- Then at the Play-Houſe ye ogle the Boxes, and dop and bovv to thoſe you do not knovv, as vvell as thoſe you do.
Etymology 3
editFrom 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”).
Alternative forms
editNoun
editdop (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), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC:
- The Venetian dop this
- (diamond-cutting) A little copper cup in which a diamond is held while being cut.
Synonyms
edit- (cup in which diamond is cut): doop
Verb
editdop (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.
See also
editAnagrams
editDutch
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle Dutch doppe, dup, from Old Dutch *dopp, *dupp, from Proto-West Germanic *dopp, *dupp, from Proto-Germanic *duppaz (“hollow, well, bowl”). Cognate with German Topf (“pot”).
Noun
editdop 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
edit- dopbeitel
- dopbonen
- doperwt
- dopgeld
- dopheide
- dophoed
- dopijzer
- dopjongen
- doppen (verb)
- doppot
- dopverband
- dopvrucht
- eierdop
- flessendop
- in de dop
- vingerdop
- wieldop
Descendants
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editdop
- inflection of doppen:
Ido
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editPreposition
editdop
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editIndonesian
editEtymology
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editNoun
editdop (first-person possessive dopku, second-person possessive dopmu, third-person possessive dopnya)
Further reading
edit- “dop” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Transylvanian Saxon Dop (“stopper”).
Noun
editdop n (plural dopuri)
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editSwedish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German dōpe, from Old Saxon dōpi, from Proto-West Germanic *daupīni, from Proto-Germanic *daupīniz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-.
Related to doppa (“to dip”), döpa (“to baptize”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdop n
- A baptism, a christening ceremony.
Declension
editDeclension of dop | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | dop | dopet | dop | dopen |
Genitive | dops | dopets | dops | dopens |
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editReferences
edit- dop in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- dop in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- dop in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- dop in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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