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• dop
  dop

  noun

  a tool for holding gemstones for cutting or polishing.
• D.O.P.
  D.O.P.

  abbreviation

  developing-out paper.

dop

¹ American  

[dop] / dɒp /

noun

1. a tool for holding gemstones for cutting or polishing.

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D.O.P. ² American  

abbreviation

Photography.

1. developing-out paper.

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dop British  

/ dɒp /

noun

1. a tot or small drink, usually alcoholic

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verb

1. to fail to reach the required standard in (an examination, course, etc)

Etymology

Origin of dop

1690–1700; < Dutch: shell, pod, cover

Example Sentences

Nevertheless, the Ministry declared that, as there existed an absolute necessity for finding new resources to liquidate the expenses contingent on the war, it would propose a tax on diamonds and another one on dop.

From Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker by Radziwill, Catherine, Princess

De lady make welcome her gast in,     Ash he shtep to de dop of de shtair, She look like an angel got lost in     A forest of audumn-prown hair.

From The Breitmann Ballads by Leland, Charles Godfrey

Und dish ish de test of your power:-     Vhile ve shtand ourselfs round in a row, You moost roll from de dop of dis tower,     Down shdairs to de valley pelow.

From The Breitmann Ballads by Leland, Charles Godfrey

Dop, dop, n. a copper cup with a wooden handle, in which a gem is soldered to be held while being cut or polished.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

“Nefer mind, so long as we got by der dop of dot hill,” answered Carl Stummer, as he hauled his mate out of the entanglement.

From The Campaign of the Jungle or, Under Lawton through Luzon by Stratemeyer, Edward