dop
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɒp/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒp
Etymology 1
From Middle English doppe, from Old English *doppa (“dipper”) (compare diepan), as in Old English dūfedoppa (“pelican”).
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; 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
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”).
Alternative forms
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), 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
- (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.
See also
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɔp/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: dop
- Rhymes: -ɔp
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
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdɔp]
- Hyphenation: dop
Noun
dop (first-person possessive dopku, second-person possessive dopmu, third-person possessive dopnya)
Further reading
- “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.
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-.
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - IPA(key): /duːp/
Declension
Declension of dop | ||||
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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
References
- 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)