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dopped

dopped is the simple past and past participle of dop.

Meaning of dop

Verb (1)

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

Verb (2)

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

  1. (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

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Questions about dopped

What is dopped the simple past and past participle of?
Dopped is the simple past and past participle of dop.

Words near dopped in the dictionary

  1. doplic
  2. doplich
  3. Dopp
  4. dopp kit
  5. dopp kits
  6. dopped
  7. doppel
  8. doppel-
  9. doppelbanger
  10. doppelbangers
  11. doppelbock

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