dop, v.¹ — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

dop v.¹

[Afk. dop, to fail]

(S.Afr.)

1. to fail (an examination).

1955		Petersburg Eng. Medium School Mag. Nov. 35: As we finished the sentence on Atilla the Hun Most of us were sure of ‘dopping’ [DSAE].
1974		Eng. Usage in Southern Afr. V:1 17: ‘I’m going to dop.’ Going to fail (an examination) [DSAE].
2003		‘SA English’ on Joburg.org.za 🌐 Dop [...] Alternatively, it can mean failure as in: ‘I dopped the test.’.

2. to fail (at something).

1970		informant in DSAE (1996).
1996		CyberBraai Lex. at www.matriots.com 🌐 To dop is to fail. If you dopped Standard Two (Grade 4) more than once, you probably won’t be reading this.