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.
a.
any of various varnishlike products for coating a fabric, as of airplane wings, in order to make it waterproof, stronger, etc.
b.
a similar product used to coat the fabric of a balloon to reduce gas leakage.
4.
Slang.
a.
any narcotic or narcoticlike drug taken to induce euphoria or satisfy addiction.
b.
any illicit drug.
5.
Slang. a narcotic preparation given surreptitiously to a horse to improve or retard its performance in a race.
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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verb (used without object)
Verb phrases 13.
Slang. to take drugs.
14.
dope out, Slang.
a.
to figure out; calculate; devise: to dope out a plan.
b.
to deduce or infer from available information: to dope out a solution to a problem.
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dope (dəʊp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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 | |
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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
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.
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Slang Dictionary
dope definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
Radar-equipped robots scuttle through these drug tunnels to hunt for dope haulers.
They enlisted medical doctors to dope patients and perform human experiments that belong in a horror movie.
The use of dope has climbed up to the highest rates ever.
Please learn something before you accuse others are smoking dope.
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