- any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- an absorbent material used to absorb and hold a liquid, as in the manufacture of dynamite.
- Aeronautics.
- any of various varnishlike products for coating a fabric, as of airplane wings, in order to make it waterproof, stronger, etc.
- a similar product used to coat the fabric of a balloon to reduce gas leakage.
- Slang.
- any narcotic or narcoticlike drug taken to induce euphoria or satisfy addiction.
- any illicit drug.
- a drug, as a steroid, given to an athlete to boost athletic performance.
- a narcotic or other drug given surreptitiously to a horse to improve or retard its performance in a race.
- information, data, or news: What's the latest dope on the strike?
- a stupid or unresponsive person.
- a carbonated, flavored, and sweetened drink, especially cola-flavored; soda pop.
- syrup used as a topping for ice cream.
- Slang.
- to affect with dope or drugs (usually followed by up or out): I was so doped up that I couldn't remember a thing.
- to add a narcotic or other drug to:My brother doped my food as a prank.
- to give a drug to (an athlete or horse), so as to affect performance in a race or other competition.
- to apply or treat with dope: In the winter, we doped the fabric of the airplanes in the hangar.
- to add or treat (a pure semiconductor) with a dopant.
- to take drugs: He only dopes on weekends—or so he says.
- to figure out; work out: to dope out a plan;to dope out a solution to a problem.
- any of a number of preparations made by dissolving cellulose derivatives in a volatile solvent, applied to fabric in order to improve strength, tautness, etc
- an additive used to improve the properties of something, such as an antiknock compound added to petrol
- a thick liquid, such as a lubricant, applied to a surface
- a combustible absorbent material, such as sawdust or wood pulp, used to hold the nitroglycerine in dynamite
- slang
- any illegal drug, usually cannabis
- (as modifier)
- a drug administered to a racehorse or greyhound to affect its performance
- a person considered to be stupid or slow-witted
- news or facts, esp confidential information
- a photographic developing solution
- to add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties
- to apply or add a dopant to
- to administer a drug to (oneself or another)
- to take dope
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