dop

UK/dɒp/US/dɑp/

dop noun: a diving bird.

Noun (1)

dop (plural dops)

A diving bird.

Verb (1)

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.
- 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 sight1653, 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...
- 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.1693, [Thomas] d’Urfey, The Richmond Heiress: Or, A Woman Once in the Right. A Comedy, […], London: […] Samuel Briscoe, […], →OCLC, Act II, scene i, page 14

Noun (2)

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.
- 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...
(diamond-cutting) A little copper cup in which a diamond is held while being cut.

Synonyms:

doop

Verb (2)

dop (third-person singular simple present dops, present participle dopping, simple past and past participle dopped)

(South Africa, slang) To drink alcohol.
- They not only forswore dopping themselves, but also contrived to make the National Party forgo a dop.2004, Patrick Stevens, Politics is the Greatest Game, page 170

Noun (3) capitalized: DOP

DOP (countable and uncountable, plural DOPs)

(abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of date of production.
(abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of director of photography.
(abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of dilution of precision (in GPS).
(abbreviation, initialism, occupational health) Initialism of dioctyl phthalate.
(Internet, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of deadline of payment.
- Item: TWICELAND Fantasy Park Photobook (Sealed) / Price: 800 pesos only / DOP: PAYO / MOD: SCO or GGX / MOP: BPI or Gcash2023 February 28, Teudoongie Shop (@TeudoongieShop), Twitter
(abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of discrete oriented polytope.

Synonyms of dop

doop

Forms of dop

Noun
plural	dops
alternative form	dopp
plural	DOPs
Verb
third-person singular present	dops
present participle	dopping
past participle	dopped
past	dopped

Origin of dop

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

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

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”).

Phrases with dop

dop kits

Words that rhyme with dop

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Questions about dop

What does dop mean?: Dop means a diving bird.
What part of speech is dop?: Dop can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce dop?: Dop is pronounced /dɒp/ (UK).
What is the plural of dop?: The plural of dop is dops.

Words near dop in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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