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dope       [dohp] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, doped, dop·ing.
–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.
6.Slang. information, data, or news: What's the latest dope on the strike?
7.Informal. a stupid or unresponsive person.
8.Southern U.S. (chiefly South Atlantic States). soda pop, esp. cola-flavored.
9.North Central U.S. (chiefly Ohio). syrup used as a topping for ice cream.
–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.
–verb (used without object)
13.Slang. to take drugs.
—Verb phrase
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.
[Origin: 1840–50, 1885–90 for def. 4, 1900–05 for def. 6; < D doop (dial.) sauce, deriv. of dopen to dip]

—Regional variation note 8. See soda pop.
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co·la 1       (kō'lə)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A carbonated soft drink containing an extract of the cola nut and other flavorings. Also called regionally dope.

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

v.   doped, dop·ing, dopes

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

v.   intr. Informal
  1. To take narcotics or a performance-enhancing substance.
  2. To engage in blood doping.


[Dutch doop, sauce, from doopen, to dip.]

dop'er n.
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 a topping for ice cream, such as syrup or a chocolate or fruit sauce. 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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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. Dope-fiend is attested from 1896.

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dope

noun
1. street names for marijuana 
2. an ignorant or foolish person [syn: dumbbell] 
3. carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts ('dope' is a southernism in the United States) [syn: cola] 
4. slang terms for inside information; "is that the straight dope?" 

verb
1. take drugs to improve one's athletic performance 
2. add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties; "The resistors have been doped" 
3. give a narcotic to; "The athletes were dope by the coach before the race" 

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dope (dōp)
n.

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

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Dope

Dope\ (d[=o]p), n. [D. doop a dipping, fr. doopen to dip. Cf. Dip.]

1. Any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as of opium for medicinal purposes, of grease for a lubricant, etc.

2. Any preparation, as of opium, used to stupefy or, in the case of a race horse, to stimulate. [Slang or Cant]

3. An absorbent material; esp., in high explosives, the sawdust, infusorial earth, mica, etc., mixed with nitroglycerin to make a damp powder (dynamite, etc.) less dangerous to transport, and ordinarily explosive only by suitable fulminating caps.

4. Information concerning the previous performances of race horses, or other facts concerning them which may be of assistance in judging of their chances of winning future races; sometimes, similar information concerning other sports. [Sporting Slang]

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Dope

Dope\, v. t. 1. To treat or affect with dope; as, to dope nitroglycerin; specif.: (a) To give stupefying drugs to; to drug. [Slang] (b) To administer a stimulant to (a horse) to increase his speed. It is a serious offense against the laws of racing. [Race-track Slang]

2. To judge or guess; to predict the result of, as by the aid of dope. [Slang]

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