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, dop·ing.

1. Slang.
   1. to affect with dope or drugs (usually followed by up or out ):

      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, dop·ing.

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. Slang. 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 Words From

• un·doped 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

But today, these artists are as serious about making dope songs as they are about their faith.

From The Daily Beast

Soon cover versions were recorded by acts like Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Dope, and Rage Against the Machine.

From The Daily Beast

Dope smokers find e-cigarettes and high-tech ‘mods’ are great for smoking in public, with less fear from cops and bouncers.

From The Daily Beast

She began a novel about a girl who started shooting dope in high school.

From The Daily Beast

Growing dope make sense at a time when almost nothing else does.

From The Daily Beast

Lamb said to himself, "That dope goes around in a rut and I'll get in one too just following him and then I will get sore."

From Project Gutenberg

"We'll have to dope out some way to get something to eat," said Mercer.

From Project Gutenberg

At any rate, we must now put our heads together and dope out just what to do in this smuggling case.

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Of course a man will hate to believe that this is true of himself, but sooner or later money affects him as drugs do a dope-fiend.

From Project Gutenberg

To-day the covered wing is treated with a substance known as “dope,” which shrinks it till it is “tight as a drum.”

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