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doop

doop is the alternative form of dop.

Meaning of dop

Noun (1)

dop (plural dops)

  1. A diving bird.

Noun (2)

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.
    • The Venetian dop this1600 (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...
  4. (diamond-cutting) A little copper cup in which a diamond is held while being cut.
    Synonyms:
    doop

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Forms of doop

pluraldoops

Questions about doop

What is doop the alternative form of?
Doop is the alternative form of dop.

Words near doop in the dictionary

  1. doongerwadi
  2. doongerwadis
  3. Doonhamers
  4. doons
  5. Doonside
  6. doop
  7. doopiaja
  8. doopiajas
  9. doops
  10. dooputties
  11. dooputty

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Adapted from Wiktionary: doop (page history and authors); dop (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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