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dope

American  

[dohp] / doʊp /

noun

• dopes
  plural

1. any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.

2. an absorbent material used to absorb and hold a liquid, as in the manufacture of dynamite.

3. Aeronautics.

   1. any of various varnishlike products for coating a fabric, as of airplane wings, in order to make it waterproof, stronger, etc.

   2. a similar product used to coat the fabric of a balloon to reduce gas leakage.

4. Slang.

   1. any narcotic or narcoticlike drug taken to induce euphoria or satisfy addiction.

   2. any illicit drug.

   3. a drug, as a steroid, given to an athlete to boost athletic performance.

   4. a narcotic or other drug given surreptitiously to a horse to improve or retard its performance in a race.

5. Slang. information, data, or news.

   What's the latest dope on the strike?

6. Informal. a stupid or unresponsive person.

7. Southern U.S. (chiefly South Atlantic States). a carbonated, flavored, and sweetened drink, especially cola-flavored; soda pop.

8. North Central U.S. (chiefly Ohio). syrup used as a topping for ice cream.

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verb (used with object)

• dopes,
  present (3rd person singular)
• doped,
  past participle,  past
• doping
  present participle

1. Slang.

   1. to affect with dope or drugs (usually followed by up orout ).

      I was so doped up that I couldn't remember a thing.

   2. to add a narcotic or other drug to.

      My brother doped my food as a prank.

   3. to give a drug to (an athlete or horse), so as to affect performance in a race or other competition.

2. to apply or treat with dope.

   In the winter, we doped the fabric of the airplanes in the hangar.

3. Electronics. to add or treat (a pure semiconductor) with a dopant.

verb (used without object)

• dopes,
  present (3rd person singular)
• doped,
  past participle,  past
• doping
  present participle

1. Slang. to take drugs.

   He only dopes on weekends—or so he says.

adjective

1. Slang. great; excellent.

   His band is so dope!

verb phrase

1. dope out to figure out; work out: to dope out a solution to a problem.

   to dope out a plan;

   to dope out a solution to a problem.

dope British  

/ dəʊp /

noun

1. any of a number of preparations made by dissolving cellulose derivatives in a volatile solvent, applied to fabric in order to improve strength, tautness, etc

2. an additive used to improve the properties of something, such as an antiknock compound added to petrol

3. a thick liquid, such as a lubricant, applied to a surface

4. a combustible absorbent material, such as sawdust or wood pulp, used to hold the nitroglycerine in dynamite

5. slang

   1. any illegal drug, usually cannabis

   2. ( as modifier )

      a dope fiend

6. a drug administered to a racehorse or greyhound to affect its performance

7. informal a person considered to be stupid or slow-witted

8. informal news or facts, esp confidential information

9. informal a photographic developing solution

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verb

1. electronics to add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties

2. to apply or add a dopant to

3. to administer a drug to (oneself or another)

4. (intr) to take dope

adjective

1. slang excellent

Usage

What else does dope mean? A dope can be a fool, a slang term for "excellent," or refer to drugs like marijuana. Doping is using performance-enhancing drugs in sports.

Regionalisms

See soda pop.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• undoped
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• dopes
  plural

Participles

• doping
  present
• doped
  past

Conjugated Forms

Present

• dope
  simple
• dopes
  simple
• have doped
  perfect
• has doped
  perfect
• am doping
  progressive
• are doping
  progressive
• is doping
  progressive
• have been doping
  perfect progressive
• has been doping
  perfect progressive

Past

• doped
  simple
• had doped
  perfect
• was doping
  progressive
• were doping
  progressive
• had been doping
  perfect progressive

Future

• will dope
  simple
• will have doped
  perfect
• will be doping
  progressive
• will have been doping
  perfect progressive

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Etymology

Origin of dope

First recorded in 1840–50; from Dutch doop (dialect) “sauce,” derivative of dopen “to dip, baptize”; cf. deep ( def. ), dip ¹

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Example Sentences

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dope dopes doped doping

We’ve already made fun of Eric Schmitt in this edition, and we will continue to do so later on, because it’s rare that someone is caught so red-handed being a dope.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

The dope is dopey, and it’s unfortunately only a foray into mushier territory.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

He tells the BBC that while there are clear failures with the Olympics' anti-doping protocols, the answer is reforming the system, not to dope.

From BBC ● May 23, 2026

This type of silk is made inside a spider's silk gland, where silk proteins are stored as a thick liquid called "silk dope."

From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2026

The other kids liked it, so he started showing them more screens of his other stuff, along with some really dope drawings his cousin in Missouri had emailed him.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore

But these elephants are no dopes: One of Ms. Argo’s coups is capturing a very well-organized raid—quietly executed, under cover of darkness—by a parade of males into a tomato plantation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026

It’s not much of a fight — and Josh isn’t much of a catch — but one of Dunham’s talents is her ability to capture the allure of heartbreakers, scuzzballs and dopes.

From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2022

"Shout-out to YouTubers who have been doing this for a long time and making us pros look like real dopes this week," he said in a recent segment.

From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2020

But I found only dopes Don’t use harness or ropes, Which is why I now lie here in traction.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 17, 2019

I asked them if they liked it, but do you think you could get an intelligent answer out of those three dopes?

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger

The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency said on Thursday he was "uncomfortable" with the presence at the 2026 Winter Olympics of the coach of the doped Russian skater Kamila Valieva.

From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026

Because of the large size of the W6+ dopant, the perovskite has a larger lattice volume, which means it can take up more water molecules than those doped with other cations such as small Mo6+.

From Science Daily ● May 29, 2024

The chemical composition of the crystals, plucked from rocks in Australia, hint that they formed from magmas doped with freshwater, a team of scientists argues.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 30, 2024

An independent report, instigated by the ITIA, ruled Halep had "intentionally" doped and handed out a four-year ban.

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2024

Ross had not been doped; he had been awakened.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

And as City, which denies any wrongdoing, awaits an unprecedented penalty for financial doping, the scandal has rippled all the way to new Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Several Soviet satellite states - including East Germany - are known to have been operating state-sponsored doping programmes throughout the 1980s.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Describing the system as "awful," he made clear repeatedly his opinion that both Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek received overly lenient bans after their recent high-profile doping cases.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

This technique, called "doping," involves introducing a small amount of another material to produce specific properties.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

When they had at last got it down from the doping ground, there was another hitch.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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