doping

[doh-ping]

noun

1. an act or instance of giving a drug to an athlete or horse, so as to affect performance in a race or other competition.

2. Electronics.,  a method of adding a dopant to a pure semiconductor to change its electrical properties.

Word History and Origins

Origin of doping¹

First recorded in 1950–55; dope + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Ntlabakanye, capped in a Test for the first time against Italy last July, faces a hearing next month into an alleged doping violation.

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Ms. Chepngetich’s story exemplifies the doping problem in elite distance running.

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This technique, known as "doping," has long been used to modify a semiconductor's electrical behavior.

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One Tuesday last February, alone in a pool in North Carolina, a former Olympic swimmer took exactly 20.89 seconds to prove that his highly-tailored doping program was working.

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He was allowed to resume his career in March following a Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling reducing a four-year doping ban to 18 months.

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