dop, verb1

colloquial

a. intransitive. To fail.

1955 E. Bold in Pietersburg Eng. Medium School Mag. Nov. 35As we finished the sentence on Atilla the Hun Most of us were sure of ‘dopping’.

1974 Eng. Usage in Sn Afr. Vol.1 No.5, 17‘I’m going to dop.’ Going to fail (an examination).

b. transitive. To fail (something).

1970 M. Gorbel Informant, Bloemfontein, Free StateHe dopped standard six.

1974 Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)(student essay) You hear children saying ‘I dopped that exam’.

To fail.

To fail (something).

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