dope

See also: dopé, døpe, and Dope

English

Etymology

From Dutch doop, from Dutch dopen, from Middle Dutch dopen, from Old Dutch *dōpen, from Proto-Germanic *daupijaną. Related to English dip.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dəʊp]
• IPA^(key): [doʊp]

• Audio (AU):

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• 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 illicit or narcotic drug that produces euphoria or satisfies an addiction; particularly heroin.
   • 1953, Tom Lehrer, 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) Information, usually from an inside source, originally in horse racing and other sports.

   What's the latest dope on the stock market?

6. (uncountable, fireams) Ballistic data on previously fired rounds, used to calculate the required hold over a target.
7. (countable, slang) A stupid person.
8. (US, Ohio) dessert topping

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:fool

Derived terms

• dope fiend
• dope house
• dope man
• dope sheet
• dope slap/dope-slap

Translations

viscous liquid used to prepare a surface

• Bulgarian: смазка (bg) f (smazka)
• Dutch: grondlaag (nl), was (nl), beits (nl)
• Finnish: voiteluaine (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: patine (fr) f, sous-couche (fr), cirage (fr) m, cire (fr) f, vernis (fr) m, glaçage (fr) m
• Malay: dop
• Russian: сма́зка (ru) f (smázka)

absorbent material used to hold a liquid

• Bulgarian: поглътител m (poglǎtitel), абсорбент m (absorbent)
• French: éponge (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Malay: dop
• Russian: сорбе́нт (ru) m (sorbént)

aeronautics: varnish used to waterproof, strengthen, etc.

• Bulgarian: аеролак (aerolak)
• Dutch: vernis (nl), beits (nl)
• Finnish: lakka (fi)
• French: vernis (fr) m, cire (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Malay: dop
• Polish: aerożel (pl) m
• Russian: аэрола́к (ru) m (aerolák)

slang: any narcotic

• Bulgarian: наркотик (bg) m (narkotik)
• Dutch: drugs (nl)
• Finnish: kama (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: dope (fr) f, drogue (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: нарко́тик (ru) m (narkótik), тра́вка (ru) f (trávka), наркота́ (ru) f (narkotá), дурь (ru) f (durʹ), дурма́н (ru) m (durmán)

slang: any illicit drug

• Bulgarian: допинг m (doping)
• Finnish: kama (fi)
• French: dope (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Stoff (de) m
• Russian: до́пинг (ru) m (dóping)

slang: information

• Finnish: tiedot (fi) pl
• French: infos (fr) f pl, fraiches (fr) f pl, actus (fr) f pl
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: информа́ция (ru) f (informácija), инса́йд (ru) m (insájd)

slang: a stupid person

• Dutch: idioot (nl), dommerik (nl)
• Finnish: tollo (fi)
• French: idiot (fr) m, con (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: debil (pl) m
• Russian: идио́т (ru) m (idiót), приду́рок (ru) m (pridúrok)

Verb

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

1. (transitive, slang) To affect with drugs.
   • 1915, Jack London, chapter 2, in The Star-Rover:

     Cecil Winwood accepted the test. He claimed that he could dope the guards the night of the break. "Talk is cheap," said Long Bill Hodge. "What we want is the goods. Dope one of the guards to-night."

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; especially, to use prohibited performance-enhancing drugs in sporting competitions.
5. (slang, transitive, dated) To judge or guess; to predict the result of.

Derived terms

• dope up

Descendants

• → Catalan: dopar
• → French: doper
• → Galician: dopar
• → Italian: dopare
• → Portuguese: dopar
• → Spanish: dopar

Translations

slang: affect with drugs

• Finnish: huumata (fi)
• German: dopen (de)
• Ido: narkotigar (io)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dope (no)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: дава́ть нарко́тики impf (davátʹ narkótiki) (give (illegal) drugs), дава́ть до́пинг impf (davátʹ dóping), пи́чкать лека́рствами impf (píčkatʹ lekárstvami)
• Spanish: dopar (es)

treat with dope

• Finnish: voidella (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

electronics: add a dopant to

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 掺杂 (zh) (chānzá)

• Dutch: doteren (nl)
• Finnish: doupata (fi)
• German: dotieren (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 添加する (ja) (tenka suru)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dope (no)

• Spanish: dopar (es)

slang: use drugs

• Finnish: käyttää dopingia
• Hungarian: doppingol (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dope (no)

• Spanish: dopar (es) (intransitive)

Adjective

dope (comparative doper, superlative dopest)

1. (slang) Amazing.

   That party was dope!

Translations

slang: amazing

• Finnish: kova (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: клёвый (ru) (kljóvyj)

Anagrams

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

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [doːpə]

• Audio:

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Verb

dope

1. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) singular present subjunctive of dopen

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English dope

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔp/

Noun

dope f (plural dopes)

1. (informal) illicit drug, narcotic

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. third-person singular present subjunctive of doper
5. second-person singular imperative of doper

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdoː.pə]

• Audio:

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Verb

dope

1. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of dopen.
2. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of dopen.
3. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular subjunctive I of dopen.
4. (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular subjunctive I of dopen.

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Ido

Etymology

From dop +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdo.pe/

Adverb

dope

1. back, behind, aback

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdope/ [ˈd̪o.pe]

Verb

dope

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.