Dap vs Dop - What's the difference?
dap | dop |
(Bristol, Wales, usually in plural) A plimsoll.
* 1988, , Penguin Books (1988), page 169:
(Bristol) To run or go somewhere quickly.
To do some form of dipping, dabbing, or bouncing action.
(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.
(South Africa, slang) To fail or to plug (an examination, standard or grade)
(South Africa, slang) To drink alcohol.
* 2004 , Patrick Stevens, Politics is the Greatest Game (page 170)
To dip.
As a noun dap
is baptism.As a verb dop is
.dap
English
Noun
(en noun)- I somehow expected them to shout obscenities, and was glad I had come ordinarily dressed, in a sports shirt, an old linen jacket, jeans and daps .
Verb
(dapp)- I'll just dap down to the shop.
- in metalworking is the technique of creating a hollow indentation, also known as doming, dishing or dapping .
- dapping is to rebound or adopt a rebounding action, e.g. to fish by letting the bait dip and bob lightly onto the water, in the manner that some insects lay eggs in the water.
Anagrams
* English onomatopoeias ----dop
English
Noun
(en noun)- Let's go to the bar for a dop .
- Give me a dop of brandy.
- (Ben Jonson)
Synonyms
* (cup in which diamond is cut) doopVerb
(dopp)- I dopped my exams.
- They not only forswore dopping themselves, but also contrived to make the National Party forgo a dop.
- (Walton)