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Dope

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Noun

1. dope, gage, grass, green goddess, locoweed, mary jane, pot, sens, sess, skunk, smoke, weed

street names for marijuana

2. boob, booby, dope, dumbbell, dummy, pinhead

an ignorant or foolish person

3. cola, dope

carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts (dope' is a southernism in the United States)

4. dope, low-down, poop, the skinny

slang terms for inside information

Example Sentences:
'is that the straight dope?'

Verb

5. dope

take drugs to improve one's athletic performance

6. dope

add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties

Example Sentences:
'The resistors have been doped'

7. dope, dope up

give a narcotic to

Example Sentences:
'The athletes were dope by the coach before the race'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Dope

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noun
1. 
any of a number of preparations made by dissolving cellulose derivatives in a volatile solvent, applied to fabric in order to improve strength, tautness, etc
2. 
an additive used to improve the properties of something, such as an antiknock compound added to petrol
3. 
a thick liquid, such as a lubricant, applied to a surface
4. 
a combustible absorbent material, such as sawdust or wood pulp, used to hold the nitroglycerine in dynamite
5. slang
a. 
any illegal drug, usually cannabis
b. 
(as modifier)
a dope fiend
6. 
a drug administered to a racehorse or greyhound to affect its performance
7. informal
a person considered to be stupid or slow-witted
8. informal
news or facts, esp confidential information
9. US and Canadian informal
a photographic developing solution
verb (transitive)
10. electronics
to add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties
11. 
to apply or add a dopant to
12. 
to administer a drug to (oneself or another)
13. (intransitive)
to take dope
adjective
14. slang, mainly US
excellent

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Dope

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noun
1. 
any thick liquid or pasty substance, or other material, used to lubricate or absorb something
2. 
a. 
a dressing, varnish, or filler, as for protecting the cloth covering of airplane wings, surfaces, etc.
b. 
any additive, as a food preservative
3. 
a drug used to stimulate or hinder a racehorse's performance
4.  Informal
any drug or narcotic, or such drugs collectively
5.  Informal
a slow-witted, stupid, or lethargic person
6.  Slang
a. 
advance information on a racehorse's condition
b. 
any information, esp. as used for prediction
7.  Southeast, Slang
a carbonated drink, usually cola
8.  Photography
a developer
verb transitiveWord forms: doped or ˈdoping
9. 
to give dope to; treat with dope
10. 
to drug or stupefy
11. 
to introduce an adulterant, additive, or impurity into (another substance) in order to produce a deliberate change

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Dope

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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 US A carbonated soft drink containing an extract of the kola nut and other flavorings.
8. Lower Northern US 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.
c. To administer a performance-enhancing substance to (an athlete).
d. To subject (an athlete) to blood doping.
2. Electronics To treat (a semiconductor) with a dopant.
v.intr.
Informal
1. To take narcotics or a performance-enhancing substance.
2. To engage in blood doping.
adj.
Slang
Excellent; outstanding.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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