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dope
dope
English
Noun
dope (countable and uncountable, plural dopes)
- (uncountable) Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- (uncountable) An absorbent material used to hold a liquid.
- (uncountable, aeronautics) Any varnish used to coat a part, such as an airplane wing or a hot-air balloon in order to waterproof, strengthen, etc.
- (uncountable, slang) Any illicit or narcotic drug that produces euphoria or satisfies an addiction; particularly heroin.
- 1953, Tom Lehrer, Too Many Songs by Tom Lehrer, Pantheon, 1981, p. 18
- Here's a cure for all your troubles, here's an end to all distress. It's the old dope peddler, with his powdered happiness.
- 1953, Tom Lehrer, Too Many Songs by Tom Lehrer, Pantheon, 1981, p. 18
- (uncountable, slang) Information, usually from an inside source, originally in horse racing and other sports.
- What's the latest dope on the stock market?
- (countable, slang) A stupid person.
- (US, Ohio) dessert topping
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:fool
Derived terms
- dope fiend
- dope sheet
- dope slap/dope-slap
Translations
viscous liquid used to prepare a surface
absorbent material used to hold a liquid
aeronautics: varnish used to waterproof, strengthen, etc.
slang: any narcotic
slang: any illicit drug
slang: information
slang: a stupid person
Verb
dope (third-person singular simple present dopes, present participle doping, simple past and past participle doped)
- (transitive, slang) To affect with drugs.
- (transitive) To treat with dope (lubricant, etc.).
- (transitive, electronics) To add a dopant such as arsenic to (a pure semiconductor such as silicon).
- (slang) To use drugs.
- (slang, transitive, dated) To judge or guess; to predict the result of.
Translations
slang: affect with drugs
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treat with dope
electronics: add a dopant to
Adjective
dope (comparative doper, superlative dopest)
- (slang) Great, amazing, extraordinary, fire.
- That party was dope!
Translations
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɔp/
Noun
dope f (plural dopes)
Verb
dope
- first-person singular present indicative of doper
- third-person singular present indicative of doper
- first-person singular present subjunctive of doper
- first-person singular present subjunctive of doper
- second-person singular imperative of doper
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdo:.pə]
Verb
dope
- First-person singular present of dopen.
- Imperative singular of dopen.
- First-person singular subjunctive I of dopen.
- Third-person singular subjunctive I of dopen.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdo.pe/
Verb
dope