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
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
"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
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
