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dop¹

  • /dɒp/ UK
  • /dɑp/ US

Rhymes with -ɒp

Where it comes from

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

noun dops

  1. A diving bird.

dop²

  • /dɒp/ UK
  • /dɑp/ US

Rhymes with -ɒp

Where it comes from

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

verb dops · dopping · dopped

  1. South Africa, slang To fail or to plug (an examination, standard or grade) I dopped my exams.
  2. To dip or duck. 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

dop³

  • /dɒp/ UK
  • /dɑp/ US

Rhymes with -ɒp

Where it comes from

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 dops · dopp

  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. The Venetian dop this
  4. A little copper cup in which a diamond is held while being cut.

    Similar: doop

verb dops · dopping · dopped · dopp

  1. South Africa, slang To drink alcohol. They not only forswore dopping themselves, but also contrived to make the National Party forgo a dop.

DOP⁴

noun DOPs

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of date of production
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of director of photography
  3. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of dilution of precision (in GPS).
  4. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of dioctyl phthalate
  5. Internet, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of deadline of payment Item: TWICELAND Fantasy Park Photobook (Sealed) / Price: 800 pesos only / DOP: PAYO / MOD: SCO or GGX / MOP: BPI or Gcash
  6. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of discrete oriented polytope

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@misc{dop_2026,
  title = {dop},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dop},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}