Dop

Origin

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Full definition of dop

Noun

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.
4. A little copper cup in which a diamond is held while being cut.

Synonyms

• (cup in which diamond is cut) doop

Verb

1. (South Africa, slang) To fail or to plug (an examination, standard or grade)I dopped my exams.
2. (South Africa, slang) To drink alcohol.
• 2004, Patrick Stevens, Politics is the Greatest Game (page 170)They not only forswore dopping themselves, but also contrived to make the National Party forgo a dop.
3. To dip.

Anagrams

• PO'd, POD, pod