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Translingual
Symbol
dop
- (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Lukpa.
See also
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English doppe, from Old English *doppa (“dipper”) (compare dīepan), 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 Wa, The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, , London: T. Maxey for Rich 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, 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
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”).
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.
- (diamond-cutting) 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.
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Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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
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
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
dop
- inflection of doppen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Further reading
- “dop” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie.
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian dopo.
Pronunciation
Preposition
dop
- behind, after (in place), back of
L'automobilo esas dop la parieto.- The car is behind the wall.
Antonyms
Derived terms
- dedop (“from behind”)
- dop-
- dopa (“back, rear, hind”)
- dopajo (“rear, back (object or part behind)”)
- dope (“astern, at the back, aback”)
- dopo (“back”)
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch dop.
Pronunciation
Noun
dop (plural dop-dop)
- a cap of axis
- an arc lamp
Further reading
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Transylvanian Saxon Dop (“stopper”).
Noun
dop n (plural dopuri)
- cork (of a bottle), stopper
- Synonym: (popular) astupuș
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
Swedish
Etymology
From Middle Low German dōpe, from Old Saxon dōpi, from Proto-West Germanic *daupīni, from Proto-Germanic *daupīniz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-. Doublet of doppa and djup.
Pronunciation
Noun
dop n
- baptism, christening
Declension
Derived terms
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