skop, noun1

/skɔp/
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, ‘kick’.
1. slang. A party, a ‘thrash’; in the expression to give it a good skop, to celebrate energetically.
1961 L.E. Van Onselen Trekboer 58‘I cannot stay long,’, I said. ‘Oh, but you will stay for the “skop”. Karnallie! Tell him to stay for the “skop”.’
1985 Sn Suburbs Tatler 25 JulyEverybody..comes down from the hills for the weekly skop...If you’ve never experienced sakkie-sakkie before, don’t miss the disco at Paternoster.
1990 A. Rice in Frontline Dec. 15Sadly, I never made it to the jol at Camden Lock, so I can’t tell you how many of London’s South African emigres responded...But..I’ll bet that those who did go..gave it a good skop that night.
2. colloquial
a. A kick.
1975 ‘Blossom’ in Darling 12 Apr. 95One more skop, this time from behind, and he’s out for the count with yores truly snarling back down the M1 for home sweet home.
1977 Sunday Times 30 Nov. (Mag. Sect.) 8At this spot a giraffe once kicked a warthog a distance of 78 yards. This is a world record for giraffes — and warthogs. It was a big skop.
1983 Fair Lady 19 Oct. 45At Sun City the critics were so thrilled to give me a skop in the pants.
1984 E. Prov. Herald 9 June 5 (advt)Skop a goal with these low prices.
b. figurative. The ‘kick’ of alcohol; alcohol itself.
1982 D. Kramer Bakgat (record cover)We drank dop with a skop.
1983 Daily Dispatch 25 Feb. 22For decades lovers of the ultimate in undiluted ‘skop’ watched despairingly as distillers grew fewer.
1987 Sunday Times 12 Apr.Hey, stop taking the skop out of our dop!
A party, a ‘thrash’; in the expression to give it a good skop, to celebrate energetically.
A kick.
The ‘kick’ of alcohol; alcohol itself.
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