dope
noun
any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
dopes
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pluralof dope.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof dope (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
dopenounany thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
Example Sentences
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But you might have no idea if you’ve been listening to hockey-ignorant media dopes like me lather attention on the incoming World Cup and the East Coast-pleasing, media-hub Knicks-Spurs NBA final.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
To me, the celebration phase is the most heinous phase, because we have people who really know better who are acting like dopes, and it's hurting us.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2022
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
This is where I’ll put on my tortilla-historian sombrero and say something you might find unbelievable: Tortilla-tossing has a long, strange history in California that’s almost never racist — until dopes make it so.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2021
I partly blame all those dopes that clap their heads off--they'd foul up anybody, if you gave them a chance.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
