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dope

UK/dəʊp/ US/doʊp/ common slang us
noun (4) verb (3)

noun

1.
2.
3.

carbonated drink flavored with extract from Kola nuts (`dope'' is a southernism in the United States)

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4.

slang terms for inside information

  • “is that the straight dope?”
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verb

1.

take drugs to improve one''s athletic performance

2.

add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties

  • “The resistors have been doped”
3.

give a narcotic to

  • “The athletes were dope by the coach before the race”
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Origin

From Dutch doop (“thick dipping sauce”), from Dutch dopen (“to dip”), from Middle Dutch dopen, from Old Dutch *dōpen, from Frankish *daupijan, from Proto-Germanic *daupijaną. “Doop” in the sense “narcotic drug” ultimately refers to viscous opium juice, the drug of choice of the ancient Greeks; “insider information” perhaps from knowing which horse had been doped in a race. Sense of "stupid person" perhaps following from the drug sense (i.e. relating to those intoxicated on opium), compare dope up. Related to English dip and German taufen. Unrelated to dopamine.

Phrases

  • benzo dope
  • dope addict
  • dope book
  • dope deal
  • dope dick
  • dope dog
  • dope fiend
  • dope glass
  • dope off
  • dope up

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