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dope out

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dope

  [dohp] noun, verb, doped, dop⋅ing.
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–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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Slang Dictionary
dope

  1. n.
    a stupid person. : That dope has done it again!
  2. n.
    drugs in general; marijuana. : How much dope do you do in a week anyway?
  3. n.
    news; information; scuttlebutt. : I got some dope on the tavern fire if you want to hear it.
  4. mod.
    best; most excellent. : We had a great time there. It was dope and dudical.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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dope (sth) out

  1. tv.
    to figure out something from the dope(information) available. : I think I can dope this thing out from the evidence available.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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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. Dope-fiend is attested from 1896.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2dope
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: doped; dop·ing
transitive senses
: to give a narcotic to dopeintransitive senses
: to take dope
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

dope (dōp)
n.

  1. A narcotic, especially an addictive narcotic.

  2. An illicit drug, especially marijuana.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Idioms & Phrases

dope out

  1. Work or figure out, as in I've been trying to dope out this new computer program. [Slang; c. 1900]

  2. Also, dope up. Use narcotics or psychotropic drugs, as in They said the fraternity initiation may involve doping up. The first term dates from the early 1900s, the variant from about 1970.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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