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dope
/doʊp/
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What does dope mean?
noun
- Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- 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.
More meanings (15)
noun
- (slang) Any of various recreational substances
- (slang) An opiate, now particularly heroin.
- (slang) Marijuana.
- (slang) Information, usually from an inside source, originally in horse racing and other sports.
- Ballistic data on previously fired rounds, used to calculate the required hold over a target.
- Dessert topping.
- A soft drink.
- Acronym of data on previous engagement.
- (derogatory, slang) A stupid person.
verb
- (slang) To affect with drugs.
- To treat with dope (lubricant, etc.).
- To add a dopant such as arsenic to (a pure semiconductor such as silicon).
- To use drugs; especially, to use prohibited performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) in sporting competitions.
- (dated, slang) To judge or guess; to predict the result of.
adjective
- (slang) Amazing; cool.
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IPA pronunciation
/doʊp/
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They say that the moral code is “dope” given by the strong to paralyze the weak and keep them down.
Strut, Dope--A strut within a surface, so placed as to prevent the tension of the doped fabric from distorting the framework.
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Then he had more “duffers and dope,” and afterward was allowed three hours for exercise, in a long, cement-walked court roofed with glass.
If taken habitually, these agents invariably tend to create heart disease and paralysis, and ultimately develop the patient into a dope fiend.