dope
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dope¹
- [dəʊp] UK
- [doʊp] US
Rhymes with -əʊp
Where it comes from
From Dutch doop (“thick dipping sauce”), from Dutch dopen (“to dip”), from Middle Dutch dopen, from Old Dutch *dōpen, from Frankish *daupijan, from Proto-Germanic *daupijaną.
“Doop” in the sense “narcotic drug” ultimately refers to viscous opium juice, the drug of choice of the ancient Greeks; “insider information” perhaps from knowing which horse had been doped in a race. Sense of "stupid person" perhaps following from the drug sense (i.e. relating to those intoxicated on opium), compare dope up. Related to English dip and German taufen. Unrelated to dopamine.
noun dopes
- Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface. Use a good pipe dope on the NPT threads. When applying pipe dope do not put any on the first two threads from the end. Always put dope on the male thread—never on the female thread.
- An absorbent material used to hold a liquid.
- Any varnish used to coat a part, such as an airplane wing or a hot-air balloon in order to waterproof, strengthen, etc.
- Any of various recreational substances Do you remember me? / How we used to be / Helpless and happy and blind? / Sunk without hope / In a haze of good dope / And cheap wine?
- An opiate, now particularly heroin. If you are at all bright, don't be a grind. Grinding may make a second-hand genius of you (for all the real things are dead), and if you become a genius you will be sure to smoke dope or swallow laudanum. They all did it.
- Marijuana. (Senator): Well good! Good! This is a fine batch of corn you have! (Farmer): 'Taint corn. It's dope.
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Information, usually from an inside source, originally in horse racing and other sports.
What's the latest dope on the stock market?
Similar: scoop
- Ballistic data on previously fired rounds, used to calculate the required hold over a target.
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A stupid person.
The reasons why this verification is made by her and not by the defendant is because he is a dope and a fat-head and hasn't sense enough to do it himself.
Similar: alcatote, asshat, arsehole, asshole, bayard, berk, birdbrain, blither, bobchin, bonehead, bozo, buffoon
- Dessert topping.
- A soft drink.
verb dopes · doping · doped
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To affect with drugs.
Cecil Winwood accepted the test. He claimed that he could dope the guards the night of the break. "Talk is cheap," said Long Bill Hodge. "What we want is the goods. Dope one of the guards to-night."
Similar: administer
- To treat with dope (lubricant, etc.).
- To add a dopant such as arsenic to (a pure semiconductor such as silicon). Another way to dope semiconductors is to use materials like boron, in which each atom has one fewer valence electron than does a sillicon atom.
- To use drugs; especially, to use prohibited performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) in sporting competitions. The more experienced cyclists, who doped or used to dope, transmitted the culture of doping to the younger cyclists, teaching them doping methods and suggesting which substances to use.
- To judge or guess; to predict the result of.
adjective doper · dopest
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Amazing; cool.
That party was dope!
Similar: amazing, astounding, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, sensational, awesomesauce, based, beatific, bewildering, blissful, celestial
DOPE²
noun DOPEs · D.O.P.E. · D. O. P. E.
- Acronym of data on previous engagement
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: smoke, dope up, pot, marihuana, ganja, marijuana, cannabis, weed, poop, cola, pinhead, skinny, dumbbell, skunk, grass, boob
Translations
Every language
noun viscous liquid used to prepare a surface
| Français | patine, sous-couche, cirage, cire, vernis, glaçage |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Schmiere |
| Русский | сма́зка smázka |
noun slang: any narcotic
| Français | dope, drogue |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Stoff |
| Română | narcotică, drog, dope |
| Русский | нарко́тик narkótik, тра́вка trávka, наркота́ narkotá, дурь durʹ, дурма́н durmán, до́пинг dóping |
noun absorbent material used to hold a liquid
| Français | éponge |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Aufsaugmittel |
| Русский | сорбе́нт sorbént |
noun aeronautics: varnish used to waterproof, strengthen, etc.
| Français | vernis, cire |
|---|---|
| Русский | аэрола́к aerolák |
noun slang: inside information
| Français | infos, fraiches, actus |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Insiderinfos |
| Русский | информа́ция informácija, инса́йд insájd |
verb slang: affect with drugs
| Español | dopar |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | dopen, aufpuschen |
| Italiano | dopare |
| Русский | дава́ть нарко́тики davátʹ narkótiki, дава́ть до́пинг davátʹ dóping, пи́чкать лека́рствами píčkatʹ lekárstvami |
verb treat with dope
| Deutsch | schmieren |
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title = {dope},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dope},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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