English Explanatory Dictionary

dope

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
  2. An absorbent material used to hold a liquid.
  3. Any varnish used to coat a part, such as an airplane wing or a hot-air balloon in order to waterproof, strengthen, etc.
  4. Any of various recreational substances
  5. Any of various recreational substances:
  6. An opiate, now particularly heroin.
  7. Marijuana.
  8. Information, usually from an inside source, originally in horse racing and other sports.
  9. Ballistic data on previously fired rounds, used to calculate the required hold over a target.
  10. A stupid person.
  11. Dessert topping.
  12. A soft drink.
verb
  1. To affect with drugs.
  2. To treat with dope (lubricant, etc.).
  3. To add a dopant such as arsenic to (a pure semiconductor such as silicon).
  4. To use drugs; especially, to use prohibited performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) in sporting competitions.
  5. To judge or guess; to predict the result of.
adj
  1. Amazing; cool.
noun
  1. Acronym of data on previous engagement.

Pronunciation

[dəʊp] [doʊp] En-au-dope.ogg

Word forms

dope dopes doping doped doper dopest D.O.P.E. D. O. P. E.

Etymology

From Dutch doop (“thick dipping sauce”), from Dutch dopen (“to dip”), from Middle Dutch dopen, from Old Dutch *dōpen, from Frankish *daupijan, from Proto-Germanic *daupijaną. “Doop” in the sense “narcotic drug” ultimately refers to viscous opium juice, the drug of choice of the ancient Greeks; “insider information” perhaps from knowing which horse had been doped in a race. Sense of "stupid person" perhaps following from the drug sense (i.e. relating to those intoxicated on opium), compare dope up. Related to English dip and German taufen. Unrelated to dopamine.

Synonyms

scoop alcatote asshat arsehole asshole bayard berk birdbrain blither bobchin bonehead bozo buffoon brickhead Charlie chucklehead chowderhead chump clart clown der-brain dill pickle dim bulb dimwit dingleberry dipshit dipstick dirtbrain div divvo divvy dolt donk doodle doofus dope dork dote dotterel dullard dumbass dumbbell dumbo dumb fuck dummy dunce dunderhead dupe fathead fenderhead fiddle fuckwit fuzznut geck gig gink goober gooseberry gowk gubbins

Derived words

antidope benzo dope dedope dope addict dope book dope deal dope dick dope dog dope fiend dope glass dopehead dope house dopeless dope man dope out dope-pedlar dope-ring dope-runner dopesauce dope set dope-sheet dope sheet dope-shop dope sick dope sickness dope slap dope-slap dopester dope stick dope-stick dope story dope time dope whore dopey peg dope photodope pipe dope rope-a-dope scope dope smoke dope smoke one's own dope straight dope Trudope dopability dopable dope off dope up underdope dopeness

Translations

Bulgarian: смазка Bulgarian: наркотик Bulgarian: допинг Czech: stěrka Czech: penetrace Dutch: grondlaag Dutch: was Dutch: beits Dutch: drugs Finnish: voiteluaine Finnish: kama French: patine French: sous-couche French: cirage French: cire French: vernis French: glaçage French: dope French: drogue German: Schmiere German: Stoff Malay: dop Russian: сма́зка Russian: нарко́тик Russian: тра́вка Russian: наркота́ Russian: дурь Russian: дурма́н Russian: до́пинг Macedonian: дро́га Macedonian: на́ркотик Polish: biała śmierć Romanian: narcotică Romanian: drog Romanian: dope
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