'DOPE' definitions:
Definition of 'dope'
From: WordNet
noun
Street names for marijuana [syn: pot, grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane]
noun
noun
Carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts (`dope' is a southernism in the United States) [syn: cola, dope]
noun
Slang terms for inside information; "is that the straight dope?" [syn: dope, poop, the skinny, low-down]
verb
Take drugs to improve one's athletic performance
verb
Add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties; "The resistors have been doped"
verb
Give a narcotic to; "The athletes were dope by the coach before the race" [syn: dope, dope up]
Definition of 'Dope'
From: GCIDE
- Dope \Dope\ (d[=o]p), n. [D. doop a dipping, fr. doopen to dip. Cf. Dip.]
- 1. Any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as of opium for medicinal purposes, of grease for a lubricant, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. Any preparation, as of opium, used to stupefy or, in the case of a race horse, to stimulate. [Slang or Cant] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 3. An absorbent material; esp., in high explosives, the sawdust, infusorial earth, mica, etc., mixed with nitroglycerin to make a damp powder (dynamite, etc.) less dangerous to transport, and ordinarily explosive only by suitable fulminating caps. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 4. Information concerning the previous performances of race horses, or other facts concerning them which may be of assistance in judging of their chances of winning future races; similar information concerning other sports; by extension, any information not generally known, especially when coming from an inside source; as, the inside dope. [Sporting Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
- 5. an ignorant or stupid person. [Colloq.] [PJC]
- get the dope on learn the true story; get the inside information.
Definition of 'Dope'
From: GCIDE
- Dope \Dope\, v. t.
- 1. To treat or affect with dope; as, to dope nitroglycerin; specif.: (a) To give stupefying drugs to; to drug. [Slang] (b) To administer a stimulant to (a horse) to increase his speed. It is a serious offense against the laws of racing. [Race-track Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. To judge or guess; to predict the result of, as by the aid of dope. [Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 3. to impregnate with a dopant. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'dope'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- account,
- acquaintance,
- add,
- addictive drug,
- alcohol,
- algebraize,
- analgesic,
- anesthetic,
- anesthetize,
- announcement,
- anoint,
- answer,
- backing,
- bedaze,
- benumb,
- benzine,
- besot,
- bibliofilm,
- bipack,
- black-and-white film,
- block,
- blue book,
- blunt,
- Boeotian,
- bootleg liquor,
- bottom,
- brass tacks,
- briefing,
- briquette,
- bulletin,
- burnable,
- butane,
- calculate,
- candy,
- carbon,
- cartridge,
- cast,
- cast a horoscope,
- cast a nativity,
- charcoal,
- chloroform,
- chowderhead,
- chucklehead,
- cigarettes,
- cipher,
- clear up,
- clod,
- coal,
- coke,
- coldcock,
- color film,
- color negative film,
- combustible,
- communication,
- communique,
- compute,
- contraband,
- crack,
- dangerous drug,
- data,
- datum,
- deaden,
- debug,
- decipher,
- decode,
- desensitize,
- details,
- dimwit,
- directory,
- disentangle,
- dispatch,
- divide,
- divine,
- do,
- dolt,
- donkey,
- dope out,
- dose,
- downer,
- dowse for water,
- drug,
- drugs,
- dry plate,
- dull,
- dullard,
- dumb cluck,
- dumbbell,
- dumbhead,
- dummy,
- dunce,
- dunderhead,
- embrocate,
- emulsion,
- enlightenment,
- entrance,
- essential facts,
- essentials,
- estimate,
- ethane,
- ethanol,
- etherize,
- evidence,
- explain,
- extract roots,
- facts,
- factual information,
- familiarization,
- fathom,
- figure,
- figure in,
- figure out,
- film,
- find out,
- find the answer,
- find the solution,
- fireball,
- firing,
- flammable,
- flammable material,
- forebode,
- forecast,
- foresee,
- foretell,
- fortune-tell,
- frame,
- freeze,
- fuel,
- fuel additive,
- fuel dope,
- gas,
- gas carbon,
- gasoline,
- gen,
- general information,
- get,
- get right,
- gowk,
- guess,
- guess right,
- guidebook,
- hallucinogen,
- handout,
- hard drug,
- hard information,
- hard stuff,
- hariolate,
- have it,
- heptane,
- hexane,
- hit it,
- hop,
- hot goods,
- hypnotize,
- incidental information,
- inflammable,
- inflammable material,
- info,
- information,
- instruction,
- intelligence,
- interpret,
- isooctane,
- jet fuel,
- jewels,
- jobbernowl,
- junk,
- kayo,
- kerosene,
- knock out,
- knock senseless,
- knock stiff,
- knock unconscious,
- knockout drop,
- knowledge,
- KO,
- lackwit,
- lamebrain,
- lay out,
- light,
- lightweight,
- looby,
- loon,
- low-down,
- lull to sleep,
- magnetize,
- make a prediction,
- make a prognosis,
- make a prophecy,
- make out,
- measure,
- medicate,
- mention,
- mesmerize,
- message,
- methane,
- methanol,
- Mickey Finn,
- microfilm,
- monochromatic film,
- motion-picture film,
- multiply,
- narcotic,
- narcotics,
- narcotize,
- natural gas,
- negative,
- news,
- niais,
- nincompoop,
- ninny,
- ninnyhammer,
- nitwit,
- noddle,
- noddy,
- notice,
- notification,
- numb,
- obtund,
- octane,
- oil,
- open the lock,
- opiate,
- orthochromatic film,
- pack,
- pain-killer,
- palsy,
- panchromatic film,
- paraffin,
- paralyze,
- peat,
- pentane,
- photographic paper,
- plate,
- plumb,
- poop,
- predict,
- prefigure,
- presage,
- presentation,
- printing paper,
- prognosticate,
- promotional material,
- proof,
- propane,
- propellant,
- prophesy,
- psych,
- psych out,
- psychedelic,
- publication,
- publicity,
- put,
- put to sleep,
- put under,
- puzzle out,
- ravel,
- ravel out,
- read palms,
- read tea leaves,
- read the future,
- reckon,
- release,
- report,
- resolve,
- riddle,
- rock to sleep,
- rocket fuel,
- roll,
- salve,
- scoop,
- score,
- sedate,
- sedative,
- sidelight,
- sleeping pill,
- smuggled goods,
- solve,
- soothsay,
- sort out,
- sound film,
- sound track,
- sound-on-film,
- soundstripe,
- speculate,
- statement,
- stolen goods,
- story,
- stuff,
- stun,
- stupe,
- stupefy,
- stupid,
- subtract,
- take account of,
- tally,
- tell fortunes,
- tell the future,
- the data,
- the details,
- the dope,
- the facts,
- the goods,
- the information,
- the know,
- the particulars,
- the picture,
- the scoop,
- the score,
- the specifics,
- the whole story,
- thickwit,
- trance,
- tranquilizer,
- transmission,
- tripack,
- turf,
- undo,
- unlock,
- unravel,
- unriddle,
- unscramble,
- untangle,
- untwist,
- unweave,
- upper,
- vaticinate,
- vehicle,
- white book,
- white paper,
- witling,
- word,
- work,
- work out
Acronyms for 'DOPE'
From: V.E.R.A.
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