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What (who) is dope$22696$ - definition
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Dope (disambiguation); Dope (song); Dope (film)
dope
(dopes, doping, doped)
1.
Dope is a drug, usually an illegal drug such as marijuana or cocaine. (INFORMAL)
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If someone dopes a person or animal or dopes their food, they put drugs into their food or force them to take drugs.
Anyone could have got in and doped the wine...
I'd been doped with Somnolin...
They've got him doped to the eyeballs.
= drug
VERB: V n, be V-ed with n, V-ed
3.
If someone calls a person a dope, they think that the person is stupid. (INFORMAL)
= idiot
N-COUNT [disapproval]
dope
¦ noun
1. informal an illegal drug, especially cannabis or (US) heroin.
a drug used to enhance the performance of an athlete, racehorse, or greyhound.
2. informal a stupid person.
3. informal information.
4. a varnish formerly used to strengthen the fabric surface of aircraft.
5. a lubricant.
¦ verb
1. administer dope to (a racehorse, greyhound, or athlete).
(be doped up) informal be heavily under the influence of drugs.
2. cover with varnish or other thick liquid.
3. Electronics add an impurity to (a semiconductor) to produce a desired electrical characteristic.
4. (dope something out) informal, dated work something out.
¦ adjective black slang very good.
Derivatives
doper noun
Origin
C19 (in the sense 'thick liquid'): from Du. doop 'sauce', from doopen 'to dip, mix'.
Dope
·add. ·vt To treat or affect with dope; as, to dope nitroglycerin;.
II. Dope ·add. ·vt To give stupefying drugs to; to Drug.
III. Dope ·add. ·vt To judge or guess; to predict the result of, as by the aid of dope.
IV. Dope ·add. ·noun Any preparation, as of opium, used to stupefy or, in the case of a race horse, to stimulate.
V. Dope ·add. ·noun Any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as of opium for medicinal purposes, of grease for a lubricant, ·etc.
VI. Dope ·add. ·vt To administer a stimulant to (a horse) to increase his speed. It is a serious offense against the laws of racing.
VII. Dope ·add. ·noun 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.
VIII. Dope ·add. ·noun 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.
