dope

See also dopé

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊp

Noun

dope (countable and uncountable; plural dopes)

1. (uncountable) Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
2. (uncountable) An absorbent material used to hold a liquid.
3. (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.
4. (uncountable, slang) Any narcotic or similar drug which produces euphoria or satisfies an addiction; particularly heroin, although amphetamine, methamphetamine,
   • 1953, Tom Lehrer, Too Many Songs by Tom Lehrer, Pantheon, 1981, p. 18

     Here's a cure for all your troubles, here's an end to all distress. It's the old dope peddler, with his powdered happiness.

5. (uncountable, slang) Any illicit & opioid drug.
6. (uncountable, slang) Information.
   • What's the latest dope on the stock market?
7. (countable, slang) A stupid person.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:fool

Derived terms

• dope fiend
• dope sheet
• dope slap/dope-slap

Translations

viscous liquid used to prepare a surface

• Bulgarian: смазка (bg) (smazka) f
• Dutch: grondlaag (nl),was (nl),beits (nl),
• French: patine (fr) f, sous-couche (fr), cirage (fr) m, cire (fr) f, vernis (fr) m, glaçage (fr) m

• Malay: dop (ms)
• Russian: смазка (ru) (smazka) f

absorbent material used to hold a liquid

• Bulgarian: поглътител (bg) (poglǎtitel) m, абсорбент (bg) (absorbent) m
• French: éponge (fr) f

• Malay: dop (ms)
• Russian: сорбент (ru) (sorbent) m

aeronautics: varnish used to waterproof, strengthen, etc.

• Bulgarian: аеролак (bg) (aerolak)
• Dutch: vernis (nl),beits (nl),
• French: vernis (fr) m, cire (fr) f

• Malay: dop (ms)
• Russian: аэролак (ru) (aerolack) m

slang: any narcotic

• Bulgarian: наркотик (bg) (narkotik) m
• Dutch: drugs (nl)
• French: dope (fr) f,drogue (fr) f

• Russian: наркотик (ru) (narkotik) m, травка (ru) (travka) f, наркота (ru) (narkota) f, дурь (ru) (dur') f

slang: any illicit drug

• Bulgarian: допинг (bg) (doping) m

• French: dope (fr) f

slang: information

• French: infos (fr) f pl, fraiches (fr) f pl, actus (fr) f pl

• Russian: информация (ru) (informazia) f, инсайд (ru) (inside) m

slang: a stupid person

• Dutch: idioot (nl), dommerik (nl)
• French: idiot (fr) m, con (fr) m

• Polish: debil (pl) m
• Russian: идиот (ru) (idiot) m, придурок (ru) (pridurok) m

Verb

dope (third-person singular simple present dopes, present participle doping, simple past and past participle doped)

1. (transitive, slang) To affect with drugs.
2. (transitive) To treat with dope (lubricant, etc.).
3. (transitive, electronics) To add a dopant such as arsenic to (a pure semiconductor such as silicon).
4. (slang) To use drugs.

Translations

slang: affect with drugs

• German: dopen (de)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dope (no)

• Spanish: dopar (es)

treat with dope

electronics: add a dopant to

• Dutch: doteren (nl)
• German: dotieren (de)
• Japanese: 添加する (ja) (tenka-suru)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dope (no)

• Spanish: dopar (es)

slang: use drugs

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dope (no)

• Spanish: dopar (es) (intransitive)

Adjective

dope (comparative doper, superlative dopest)

1. (slang) Great, amazing or extraordinary.

   That shit is dope!

Translations

slang: amazing

• Russian: клёвый (ru) (klyovyi) m

Anagrams

• deop
• oped, op-ed
• pedo
• poed, p.o.ed, p.o.'ed

---

Dutch

Verb

dope

1. singular present subjunctive of dopen

---

French

Verb

dope

1. first-person singular present indicative of doper
2. third-person singular present indicative of doper
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of doper
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of doper
5. second-person singular imperative of doper

---

German

Verb

dope

1. First-person singular present of dopen.
2. Imperative singular of dopen.
3. First-person singular subjunctive I of dopen.
4. Third-person singular subjunctive I of dopen.

---

Spanish

Verb

dope (infinitive dopar)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of dopar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of dopar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of dopar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of dopar.