Dope

English Meaning

Any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as of opium for medicinal purposes, of grease for a lubricant, etc.

1. Informal A narcotic, especially an addictive narcotic.
2. Informal Narcotics considered as a group.
3. Informal An illicit drug, especially marijuana.
4. A narcotic preparation used to stimulate a racehorse.
5. Informal A stupid person; a dolt.
6. Informal Factual information, especially of a private nature.
7. Chemistry An absorbent or adsorbent material used in certain manufacturing processes, such as the nitroglycerin used in making dynamite.
8. A type of lacquer formerly used to protect, waterproof, and tauten the cloth surfaces of airplane wings.
9. Chiefly Southern U.S. See cola1.
10. Lower Northern U.S. Syrup or sweet sauce that is poured on ice cream.
11. Informal To administer a narcotic to: was doped up for the operation.
12. Informal To add a narcotic to: They doped his drink before robbing him.
13. Informal To administer a performance-enhancing substance to (an athlete).
14. Informal To subject (an athlete) to blood doping.
15. Informal To figure out (a puzzle, for example).
16. Informal To make a rough plan of: doped out our proposal on scratch paper.
17. Electronics To treat (a semiconductor) with a dopant.
18. Informal To take narcotics or a performance-enhancing substance.
19. Informal To engage in blood doping.