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

Over the next four years, the incoming IOC president is likely to have to show diplomacy to contend with tensions between the US and China over a doping case involving 23 Chinese swimmers.

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Kenyan distance running has been beset by doping scandals in recent years, and Chepngetich was asked about doping after her victory in Chicago.

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The 23-year-old Italian, who continues to have a doping case lingering in the background despite being initially cleared of wrongdoing, played impeccably to pick up his seventh title of a remarkable year.

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Similarly, British athlete Paula Radcliffe and Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe - superstar names in their fields - felt they had been "tarnished" by wrongly being accused of doping in huge stories of their time.

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Since first alerted about the doping violations in early April, Sinner has won tournaments in Halle and Cincinnati and become world number one for the first time in his career.

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