dope
/doʊp/ 
Show Spelled Pronunciation [dohp] Show IPA 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. | |
| 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
Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
2dope Function:
verb Inflected Forms:
doped;
dop·ing transitive senses : to give a narcotic to
dopeintransitive senses : to take dope
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Medical Dictionary
dope (dōp)
n.
A narcotic, especially an addictive narcotic.
An illicit drug, especially marijuana.
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