dop

noun

1. A diving bird.
2. (South-Africa, slang). A drink.

   “Let's go to the bar for a dop.”

3. (South-Africa, slang)An imprecise measure of alcohol; a dash.

   “Give me a dop of brandy.”

4. (obsolete)A dip; a low courtesy.

   “The Venetian dop this”

5. A little copper cup in which a diamond is held while being cut.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of date of production.
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of director of photography.
8. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of dilution of precision (in GPS).
9. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of dioctyl phthalate.
10. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of deadline of payment.

    “Item: TWICELAND Fantasy Park Photobook (Sealed) / Price: 800 pesos only / DOP: PAYO / MOD: SCO or GGX / MOP: BPI or Gcash”

11. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of discrete oriented polytope.

verb

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 sight”

   “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.”

3. (South-Africa, slang)To drink alcohol.

   “They not only forswore dopping themselves, but also contrived to make the National Party forgo a dop.”