dope
- any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- an absorbent material used to absorb and hold a liquid, as in the manufacture of dynamite.
- Aeronautics.
- any of various varnishlike products for coating a fabric, as of airplane wings, in order to make it waterproof, stronger, etc.
- a similar product used to coat the fabric of a balloon to reduce gas leakage.
- Slang.
- any narcotic or narcoticlike drug taken to induce euphoria or satisfy addiction.
- any illicit drug.
- Slang. a narcotic, usually a steroid, given to an athlete to unfairly boost performance in a competition.
- Slang. a narcotic preparation given surreptitiously to a horse to improve or retard its performance in a race.
- Slang. information, data, or news: What's the latest dope on the strike?
- Informal. a stupid or unresponsive person.
- Southern U.S. (chiefly South Atlantic States ). soda pop, especially cola-flavored.
- North Central U.S. (chiefly Ohio ). syrup used as a topping for ice cream.
- Slang. to affect with dope or drugs.
- Slang. to give a narcotic to (an athlete) to unfairly boost performance in a competition.
- to apply or treat with dope.
- Electronics. to add or treat (a pure semiconductor) with a dopant.
- Slang. to take drugs.
- dope out, Slang.
- to figure out; calculate; devise: to dope out a plan.
- to deduce or infer from available information: to dope out a solution to a problem.
Origin of dope
Regional variation note
Related Words for dope
idiot, narcotic, fool, ass, donkey, dunce, blockhead, simpleton, dimwit, dolt, opiate, stimulant, information, account, knowledge, tip, details, facts, info, loadExamples from the Web for dope
Contemporary Examples of dope
Soon cover versions were recorded by acts like Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Dope, and Rage Against the Machine.
Dope smokers find e-cigarettes and high-tech ‘mods’ are great for smoking in public, with less fear from cops and bouncers.
There are many more she used on the street while earning money to pay for dope.
Narcotics cops immediately set to determining which dope dealers use those brand names.
He was gonna say, "Fine, look anywhere you want, you won't find any dope."
Historical Examples of dope
Of course he's sick from the dope, an' the others are a bit fast for him.
ThoroughbredsW. A. Fraser
You make out a list of what dope you want—and be sure yuh get a-plenty.
Chip, of the Flying UB. M. Bower
The "dope" he used was mailed to him by a drug firm in Chicago.
The HarborErnest Poole
I'll bet we can dope out some way of putting it over on them.
He was snuffing at the splashes of axle “dope” on the ground beneath the wagon.
The Law-BreakersRidgwell Cullum
dope
- 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
- an additive used to improve the properties of something, such as an antiknock compound added to petrol
- a thick liquid, such as a lubricant, applied to a surface
- a combustible absorbent material, such as sawdust or wood pulp, used to hold the nitroglycerine in dynamite
- slang
- any illegal drug, usually cannabis
- (as modifier)a dope fiend
- a drug administered to a racehorse or greyhound to affect its performance
- informal a person considered to be stupid or slow-witted
- informal news or facts, esp confidential information
- US and Canadian informal a photographic developing solution
- electronics to add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties
- to apply or add a dopant to
- to administer a drug to (oneself or another)
- (intr) to take dope
- slang, mainly US excellent
Word Origin for dope
Word Origin and History for dope
1807, American English, "sauce, gravy, thick liquid," from Dutch doop "thick dipping sauce," from doopen "to dip" (cf. dip (v.)). Extension to "drug" is 1889, from practice of smoking semi-liquid opium preparation. Meaning "foolish, stupid person" is older (1851) and may have a sense of "thick-headed." Sense of "inside information" (1901) may come from knowing before the race which horse had been drugged to influence performance. Dope-fiend is attested from 1896.
1889, from dope (n.). Related: Doped; doping.
dope
(dōp)- A narcotic, especially an addictive narcotic.
- An illicit drug, especially marijuana.