dop (plural dops)
A diving bird.
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)
To dip or duck.
dop (plural dops)
(South Africa, slang). A drink.
(South Africa, slang) An imprecise measure of alcohol; a dash.
(obsolete) A dip; a low courtesy.
A little copper cup in which a diamond is held while being cut.
• (cup in which diamond is cut): doop
dop (third-person singular simple present dops, present participle dopping, simple past and past participle dopped)
(South Africa, slang) To drink alcohol.
• -pod, DPO, ODP, PDO, PO'd, POD, po'd, pod, pod-
DOP
Initialism of director of photography.
Initialism of dilution of precision (in GPS)
• -pod, DPO, ODP, PDO, PO'd, POD, po'd, pod, pod-
Source: Wiktionary
Dop, Doop, n.
Definition: A little copper cup in which a diamond is held while being cut.
Dop, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Dap, Dip.]
Definition: To dip. [Obs.] Walton.
Dop, n.
Definition: A dip; a low courtesy. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 June 2025
(noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time); “his detention was politically motivated”; “the prisoner is on hold”; “he is in the custody of police”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
