dope
IPA: dˈoʊp
noun
- (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 of various recreational substances:
- An opiate, now particularly heroin.
- Marijuana.
- (uncountable, slang) Information, usually from an inside source, originally in horse racing and other sports.
- (uncountable, firearms) Ballistic data on previously fired rounds, used to calculate the required hold over a target.
- (countable, slang) A stupid person.
- (US, Ohio) Dessert topping.
- (Appalachia) A soft drink. Otherwise known as soda or pop.
- (military) Acronym of data on previous engagement.
verb
- (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).
- (intransitive, now chiefly sports) To use drugs; especially, to use prohibited performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) in sporting competitions.
- (slang, transitive, dated) To judge or guess; to predict the result of.
adjective
- (slang) Amazing; cool.
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Examples of "dope" in Sentences
- The dope, boy just came off the spoon.
- It was the Inevitable Return of the Great White Dope.
- I dislike the reference to the Straight Dope Website.
- The Straight Dope devoted several columns to the issue.
- He is the bassist and provides backing vocals for the band Dope.
- He was the bassist and provided backing vocals for the band Dope.
- At least the base is in the form of a doped zone in the substrate.
- The polycarbodiimide is present in discrete particles in the spinning dope.
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