dop

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See also: DOP, Dop, döp, and døp

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English doppe, from Old English *doppa (dipper) (compare diepan), as in Old English dūfedoppa (pelican).

Noun

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dop (plural dops)

  1. A diving bird.

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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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. To dip or duck.

Etymology 3

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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).

Alternative forms

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Noun

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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.
  4. (diamond-cutting) A little copper cup in which a diamond is held while being cut.
Synonyms
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  • (cup in which diamond is cut): doop

Verb

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dop (third-person singular simple present dops, present participle dopping, 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.

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Anagrams

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From 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

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dop m (plural doppen, diminutive dopje n)

  1. 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.
  2. a hemispherical container such as a thimble
  3. a bottle cap
    Synonym: flessendop
  4. (chiefly in the plural) an eyelid
    Kijk uit je doppen! - Look out!
  5. (Belgium, uncountable) the dole, unemployment benefit
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Petjo: dop
  • Indonesian: dop
  • Papiamentu: dòpi

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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dop

  1. inflection of doppen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Ido

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian dopo.

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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dop

  1. behind, after (in place), back of
    L'automobilo esas dop la parieto.
    The car is behind the wall.

Antonyms

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Derived terms

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

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch dop.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdɔp]
  • Hyphenation: dop

Noun

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dop (first-person possessive dopku, second-person possessive dopmu, third-person possessive dopnya)

  1. A cap of axis.
  2. An arc lamp.

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Transylvanian Saxon Dop (stopper).

Noun

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dop n (plural dopuri)

  1. cork (of a bottle), stopper
    Synonym: (popular) astupuș

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From 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).

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Noun

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dop n

  1. A baptism, a christening ceremony.

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