dope

[dohp]

noun

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.

verb (used with object)

doped, doping 

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)

doped, doping 

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

/ 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

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

Other Word Forms

• undoped adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of dope¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of dope¹

C19: from Dutch doop sauce, from doopen to _dip

Example Sentences

As for Hamas, they are terrorists whom everyone hates but their own like-minded fanatics and young dopes in the West.

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There is no defined time frame for doping cases - they last as long as it takes to sift through all the evidence.

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Among other things, Luna accused Democrats on X of “doping up kids” and “cutting off their genitals.”

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Proud has previously supported UK Anti-Doping's Clean Sport Week while British team-mates Adam Peaty and Duncan Scott have been outspoken against doping.

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Going into the US Open, Sinner had been marginally the more successful player over the past two seasons - even though he missed three months of this year because of a controversial doping case.

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Related Words

• idiot 

When To Use

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.