different between dox vs dop

English

Alternative forms

• doxx

Etymology

Phonetic respelling of docs, which is a short form of documents.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?ks

Noun

dox pl (plural only)

1. (slang) Documents, especially information sought by hackers about an individual (address, credit card numbers, etc.).
   • 1995, "J Eric Chard", Will Vinton's Playmation (on newsgroup comp.graphics.animation)

     Why is it that, even after DECADES of carping from Jerry Pournelle, software companies STILL don't hire competent professionals to write their dox?

   • 2002, "X", this is getting old (on newsgroup houston.general)

     its ok, someone emailed me his address, phone #, ss#, the works. seems theres^[sic] someone out there that dislikes him more than i do. i cant wait to hear how many people have his dox now. this should be really interesting...

   • 2004, "Andrew D Kirch", Here is something that will work for the rest of us (on newsgroup news.admin.net-abuse.email)

     judging by the lack of the 6 it would appear we have our spammer here, LETS^[sic] PULL HIS DOX!

Verb

dox (third-person singular simple present doxes, present participle doxing, simple past and past participle doxed)

1. Alternative form of doxx (“publish the personal information of (an individual) on the Internet”)

See also

• hax
• vax

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *duskaz (“dark, smoky”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?uh?s- (compare Old Irish donn (“dark”), Latin fuscus (“dark, dusky”), Sanskrit ???? (dh?sara, “dust-colored”)), from Proto-Indo-European *d?ewh?- (“smoke, mist, haze”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doks/

Adjective

dox

1. dark, swarthy

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: dosk
  • English: dusk

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?p/

Etymology 1

From Middle English doppe, from Old English *doppa (“diver”), as in Old English d?fedoppa (“pelican”).

Noun

dop (plural dops)

1. A diving bird.

Etymology 2

From Middle English doppen, from Old English *doppian (“to dip, dive, plunge”), related to Old English doppettan (“to dip, dip in, immerse”).

Verb

dop (third-person singular simple present dops, present participle dopping, simple past and past participle dopped)

1. (South Africa, slang) To fail or to plug (an examination, standard or grade)

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

Etymology 3

From Dutch dop, Dutch doppen.

Noun

dop (plural dops)

1. (South Africa, slang). A drink.

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

3. (obsolete) A dip; a low courtesy.
   • 1600, Ben Jonson, Cynthia's Revels

     The Venetian dop this

4. A little copper cup in which a diamond is held while being cut.

Synonyms

• (cup in which diamond is cut): doop

Verb

dop (third-person singular simple present dops, present participle dopping, simple past and past participle dopped)

1. (South Africa, slang) To drink alcohol.
   • 2004, Patrick Stevens, Politics is the Greatest Game (page 170)

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

See also

• dop kit

Anagrams

• -pod, DPO, ODP, PDO, PO'd, POD, po'd, pod, pod-

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?p/
• Hyphenation: dop
• Rhymes: -?p

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch doppe.

Noun

dop m (plural doppen, diminutive dopje n)

1. A shell (of an egg or a fruit for example).

   Beter een half ei dan een hele dop. - Better half an egg than a whole (empty) shell.

2. A hemispherical container such as a thimble.
3. A bottle cap.

   Synonym: flessendop

4. (chiefly in the plural) An eyelid.

   Kijk uit je doppen! - Look out!

5. (Belgium, uncountable) The dole, unemployment benefit.

Derived terms

• dopbeitel
• dopbonen
• doperwt
• dopgeld
• dopheide
• dophoed
• dopijzer
• dopjongen
• doppen (verb)
• doppot
• dopverband
• dopvrucht
• eierdop
• flessendop
• in de dop
• vingerdop

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: dop

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

dop

1. first-person singular present indicative of doppen
2. imperative of doppen

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian dopo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dop/, /d?p/

Preposition

dop

1. behind, after (in place), back of

Antonyms

• avan

Derived terms

• dopa (“back, rear, hind”)
• dope (“astern, at the back, aback”)
• dopo (“back”)
• dopajo (“rear, back (object or part behind)”)
• dedop (“from behind”)
• dop-

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch dop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d?p]
• Hyphenation: dop

Noun

dop (first-person possessive dopku, second-person possessive dopmu, third-person possessive dopnya)

1. A cap of axis.
2. An arc lamp.

Further reading

• “dop” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Romanian

Etymology

From Transylvanian Saxon Dop (“stopper”).

Noun

dop n (plural dopuri)

1. A cork (of a bottle), stopper

Declension

Synonyms

• astupu? (popular)

Derived terms

• îndopa

Swedish

Etymology

Related to doppa (to dip), döpa (to baptize).

Pronunciation

Noun

dop n

1. A baptism, a christening ceremony.

Declension

Related terms

• djup
• dopp
• doppa
• döpa

Derived terms

References

• dop in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)