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Dope is defined as a drug, a stupid person, a thick liquid lubricant or sealer, or personal information.

(noun)

An example of dope is marijuana.
An example of a dope is a person who will fall for anything.
An example of dope is the sealant used for making pipe threading air tight.
An example of dope is gossip.

The definition of dope is a slang term for something very good.

(adjective)

An example of dope is getting a $500 dollar bonus at work.

Dope means to supply or serve with drugs.

(verb)

An example of dope is a nurse giving a patient a shot of sedatives and pain killers before surgery.

See dope in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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noun

any thick liquid or pasty substance, or other material, used to lubricate or absorb something
1. a dressing, varnish, or filler, as for protecting the cloth covering of airplane wings, surfaces, etc.
2. any additive, as a food preservative
a drug used to stimulate or hinder a racehorse's performance
Informal any drug or narcotic, or such drugs collectively
Informal a slow-witted, stupid, or lethargic person
Slang
1. advance information on a racehorse's condition
2. any information, esp. as used for prediction
Slang a carbonated drink, usually cola
Photog. a developer

Origin: Du doop, sauce, dip, baptism < doopen, to dip < Gmc *dup-, to be deep: see dimple

transitive verb doped, doping

to give dope to; treat with dope
to drug or stupefy
to introduce an adulterant, additive, or impurity into (another substance) in order to produce a deliberate change

See dope in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Informal
a. A narcotic, especially an addictive narcotic.
b. Narcotics considered as a group.
c. An illicit drug, especially marijuana.
A narcotic preparation used to stimulate a racehorse.
Informal A stupid person; a dolt.
Informal Factual information, especially of a private nature.
Chemistry An absorbent or adsorbent material used in certain manufacturing processes, such as the nitroglycerin used in making dynamite.
A type of lacquer formerly used to protect, waterproof, and tauten the cloth surfaces of airplane wings.
Chiefly Southern U.S. See cola¹.
Lower Northern U.S. Syrup or sweet sauce that is poured on ice cream.

verb doped doped, dop·ing, dopes

verb, transitive

Informal
a. To administer a narcotic to: was doped up for the operation.
b. To add a narcotic to: They doped his drink before robbing him.
c. To administer a performance-enhancing substance to (an athlete).
d. To subject (an athlete) to blood doping.
Informal To figure out (a puzzle, for example).
Informal To make a rough plan of: doped out our proposal on scratch paper.
Electronics To treat (a semiconductor) with a dopant.

verb, intransitive
Informal

To take narcotics or a performance-enhancing substance.
To engage in blood doping.

Origin:

Origin: Dutch doop, sauce

Origin: , from doopen, to dip

Related Forms:

dopˈer noun

Regional Note: Dope was borrowed into English from the Dutch word doop, “sauce.” Throughout the 19th century it meant “gravy.” In the North Midland United States, particularly Ohio, dope is still heard as the term for an ice-cream topping, such as syrup. In the South, particularly in South Carolina, dope means “a cola-flavored soft drink.” Dope was especially used of those medicinal preparations that produced a stupefying effect, and it even became a slang term for the dark, molasses-like form of opium that was smoked in opium dens. Some of the common modern meanings of the word dope—“a narcotic substance” and “narcotics considered as a group,”—developed from this use of the word.

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