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dops

dops is the plural 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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Noun capitalized: DOPs

DOPs

  1. (plural) plural of DOP

Questions about dops

What is dops the plural of?
Dops is the plural of dop.
What part of speech is dops?
Dops is a noun.

Words near dops in the dictionary

  1. Dopplerian
  2. dopplerite
  3. dopplerites
  4. dopplers
  5. Dopps
  6. dops
  7. Dopshari
  8. Dopson
  9. dopy
  10. doqualast
  11. doquet

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dops (page history and authors); DOPs (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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