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dope

[dohp]

noun

any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.

an absorbent material used to absorb and hold a liquid, as in the manufacture of dynamite.

Aeronautics.

any of various varnishlike products for coating a fabric, as of airplane wings, in order to make it waterproof, stronger, etc.

a similar product used to coat the fabric of a balloon to reduce gas leakage.

Slang.

any narcotic or narcoticlike drug taken to induce euphoria or satisfy addiction.

any illicit drug.

Slang. a narcotic preparation given surreptitiously to a horse to improve or retard its performance in a race.

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Slang. information, data, or news: What's the latest dope on the strike?

Informal. a stupid or unresponsive person.

Southern U.S. (chiefly South Atlantic States). soda pop, especially cola-flavored.

North Central U.S. (chiefly Ohio). syrup used as a topping for ice cream.

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verb (used with object)

10.

Slang. to affect with dope or drugs.

11.

to apply or treat with dope.

12.

Electronics. to add or treat (a pure semiconductor) with a dopant.

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Dope is always a great word to know.

So is shear strain. Does it mean:

ratio between amount by which a body is skewed and its length

axial force causing a body to become longer along direction of applied force

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verb (used without object)

13.

Slang. to take drugs.

Verb phrase

14.

dope out, Slang.

to figure out; calculate; devise: to dope out a plan.

to deduce or infer from available information: to dope out a solution to a problem.

Origin:
1840–50, 1885–90 for def. 4, 1900–05 for def. 6; < Dutch doop (dial.) sauce, derivative of dopen to dip

Related forms

un·doped, adjective

Regional variation note
8. See soda pop.

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Example Sentences

What's happened to dope is what happens to a new record: you play it constantly, full volume, at first.

Please learn something before you accuse others are smoking dope.

Other dope dealers have also, intentionally or inadvertently, achieved public prominence.

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World English Dictionary

dope (dəʊp)

—n
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
	a. any illegal drug, usually cannabis
	b. (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 (US), (Canadian) a photographic developing solution

—vb
10.	electronics to add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties
11.	to apply or add a dopant to
12.	to administer a drug to (oneself or another)
13.	(intr) to take dope

—*adj*
14.	slang chiefly (US) excellent

[C19: from Dutch doop sauce, from doopen to dip]

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Word Origin & History

dope

1807, Amer.Eng., "sauce, gravy," from Du. doop "thick dipping sauce." Extension to "drug" is 1889, from practice of smoking semi-liquid opium preparation. Meaning "foolish, stupid person" is older (1851) and may have a sense of "thick-headed." Sense of "inside information" (1901) may come from knowing

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before the race which horse had been drugged to influence performance. Related: Doped; doping. Dope-fiend is attested from 1896.

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American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

dope (dōp)
n.

A narcotic, especially an addictive narcotic.
An illicit drug, especially marijuana.

Slang Dictionary

dope definition

n.
a stupid person. : That dope has done it again!
n.
drugs in general; marijuana. : How much dope do you do in a week anyway?
n.
news; information; scuttlebutt. : I got some dope on the tavern fire if you want to hear it.
mod.
best; most excellent. : We had a great time there. It was dope and dudical.

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