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[1] any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
[2] an absorbent material used to absorb and hold a liquid, as in the manufacture of dynamite.
[3] Aeronautics . any of various varnishlike products for coating a fabric, as of airplane wings, in order to make it waterproof, stronger, etc. a similar product used to coat the fabric of a balloon to reduce gas leakage.
[4] Slang . any narcotic or narcoticlike drug taken to induce euphoria or satisfy addiction. any illicit drug. a drug, as a steroid, given to an athlete to boost athletic performance. a narcotic or other drug given surreptitiously to a horse to improve or retard its performance in a race.
[5] Slang . information, data, or news: What's the latest dope on the strike?
[6] Informal . a stupid or unresponsive person.
[7] Southern U.S. (chiefly South Atlantic States ) . a carbonated, flavored, and sweetened drink, especially cola-flavored; soda pop.
[8] North Central U.S. (chiefly Ohio ) . syrup used as a topping for ice cream.
[9] Slang . to affect with dope or drugs (usually followed by up or out ): I was so doped up that I couldn't remember a thing. to add a narcotic or other drug to:My brother doped my food as a prank. to give a drug to (an athlete or horse), so as to affect performance in a race or other competition.
[10] to apply or treat with dope: In the winter, we doped the fabric of the airplanes in the hangar.
[11] Electronics . to add or treat (a pure semiconductor) with a dopant.
[12] Slang . to take drugs: He only dopes on weekends—or so he says.
[13] Slang . great; excellent: His band is so dope!
[14] dope out , Slang . to figure out; work out: to dope out a plan; to dope out a solution to a problem.
[15] 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
[16] an additive used to improve the properties of something, such as an antiknock compound added to petrol
[17] a thick liquid, such as a lubricant, applied to a surface
[18] a combustible absorbent material, such as sawdust or wood pulp, used to hold the nitroglycerine in dynamite
[19] slang any illegal drug, usually cannabis (as modifier ) a dope fiend
[20] a drug administered to a racehorse or greyhound to affect its performance
[21] informal a person considered to be stupid or slow-witted
[22] informal news or facts, esp confidential information
[23] US and Canadian informal a photographic developing solution
[24] electronics to add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties
[25] to apply or add a dopant to
[26] to administer a drug to (oneself or another)
[27] (intr) to take dope
[28] slang , mainly US excellent

Words related to Dope

idiot, narcotic, fool, ass, donkey, dunce, blockhead, simpleton, dimwit, dolt, opiate, stimulant, information, account, knowledge, tip, details, facts, info, load

Words nearby Dope

dopa, dopamine, dopaminergic, dopant, dopatta, dope, dope addict, dope fiend, dope out, dope pusher, dope sheet

Origin of Dope

First recorded in 1840–50; from Dutch doop (dialect) “sauce,” derivative of dopen “to dip, baptize”; cf. deep, dip1

Other words from Dope

un·doped , adjective

Word origin for Dope

C19: from Dutch doop sauce, from doopen to dip

Synonyms for Dope

idiot, ass, blockhead, dimwit, dolt, donkey, dunce, fool, simpleton, lame-brain