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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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dope   (dōp)   
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 an ice-cream topping, such as syrup. 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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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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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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
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