dope

dope  (dp)

n.

1. Informal

a. A narcotic, especially an addictive narcotic.

b. Narcotics considered as a group.

c. 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 poured on ice cream.

v. doped, dop·ing, dopes

v.tr.

1. Informal

a. To administer a narcotic to: was doped up for the operation.

b. To add a narcotic to: They doped his drink before robbing him.

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.

5. To subject (an athlete) to blood doping.

v.intr. Informal

To take narcotics.

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[Dutch doop, sauce, from doopen, to dip.]

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doper n.

Regional Note: Before it came to mean "a narcotic or narcotics considered as a group," 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 a topping for ice cream, such as syrup or a chocolate or fruit sauce. In the South, particularly in South Carolina, dope means "a cola-flavored soft drink." The term might be related to the Northern usage as a reference to the sweet syrup base of a cola drink. However, folk wisdom has it that dope recalls the inclusion of minute amounts of cocaine in the original Atlanta recipe for Coca-Cola, which was named after this exotic ingredient.

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dope

Noun

1. Slang an illegal drug, such as cannabis

2. a drug administered to a person or animal to affect performance in a race or other sporting competition

3. Informal a slow-witted person

4. confidential information

5. a thick liquid, such as a lubricant

Verb

[doping, doped]

to administer a drug to [Dutch doop sauce]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dope - street names for marijuana gage, green goddess, sens, sess, Mary Jane, locoweed, skunk, weed, grass, smoke, pot cannabis, ganja, marihuana, marijuana - the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect
	2.	dope - an ignorant or foolish person boob, booby, pinhead, dumbbell, dummy simpleton, simple - a person lacking intelligence or common sense
	3.	dope - carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts (`dope' is a southernism in the United States) cola soft drink - nonalcoholic beverage (usually carbonated) Coca Cola, Coke - Coca Cola is a trademarked cola Pepsi, Pepsi Cola - Pepsi Cola is a trademarked cola U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 cola nut, kola nut - bitter brown seed containing caffein; source of cola extract
	4.	dope - slang terms for inside information; "is that the straight dope?" low-down, the skinny, poop details, inside information - true confidential information; "after the trial he gave us the real details"
Verb	1.	dope - take drugs to improve one's athletic performance do drugs, drug - use recreational drugs
	2.	dope - add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties; "The resistors have been doped" electronics - the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
	3.	dope - give a narcotic to; "The athletes were dope by the coach before the race" dope up practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" drug, dose - administer a drug to; "They drugged the kidnapped tourist" soup - dope (a racehorse)

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dope

noun 1. (Slang) drugs, narcotics, opiates, dadah Austral. (slang)

noun 2. (Informal) idiot, fool, jerk (slang), chiefly U.S., Canad. plank Brit. (slang) charlie Brit. (informal) berk Brit. (slang) wally (slang) prat (slang) plonker (slang) coot, geek (slang) twit (informal), chiefly Brit. dunce, oaf, simpleton, dimwit (informal) dipstick Brit. (slang) gonzo (slang) schmuck U.S. (slang) dork (slang) nitwit (informal) dolt, blockhead, divvy Brit. (slang) pillock Brit. (slang) dweeb U.S. (slang) putz U.S. (slang) fathead (informal) eejit Scot., Irish dumb-ass (slang) numpty Scot. (informal) lamebrain (informal) nerd or nurd (slang) numbskull or numskull, dorba or dorb Austral. (slang) bogan Austral. (slang)

noun 3. (Informal) information, facts, details, material, news, intelligence, gen Brit. (informal) info (informal) inside information, lowdown (informal)

verb 4. drug, doctor, knock out, inject, sedate, stupefy, anaesthetize, narcotize

Translations

dope [dəup] n (col) (person) → imbécil m/f: (= information); información f; informes mpl

vt [+ horse etc] → drogar

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dope [dəup] n (inf) (= drug); drogue f: (= person); andouille f: (= information); tuyaux mpl, rancards mpl

vt [+ horse etc] → doper

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dope [dəup] n (inf) → Stoff m, Drogen pl;

(000) (person) → Esel m, Trottel m;

(000) (information) → Informationen pl

vt → dopen

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dope [dəup] n (col) (= drugs); roba: (= information); dati mpl

vt [+ horse etc] → drogare