dope

/doʊp/

/dəʊp/

Other forms: doping; doped; dopes

Definitions of dope

1. noun

   street names for marijuana
   type of:

   cannabis, ganja, marihuana, marijuana

   the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect
2. noun

   carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts (`dope' is a southernism in the United States)
   synonyms: cola

   types:

   Coca Cola, Coca-Cola, Coke

   (™) a trademarked carbonated soda

   Pepsi, Pepsi Cola

   Pepsi Cola is a trademarked cola

   type of:

   soft drink

   nonalcoholic beverage (usually carbonated)
3. verb

   give a narcotic to
   synonyms: dope up

   types:

   soup

   dope (a racehorse)

   type of:

   dose, drug

   administer a drug to
4. verb

   take drugs to improve one's athletic performance
   type of:

   do drugs, drug

   use recreational drugs
5. noun

   an ignorant or foolish person
   synonyms: boob, booby, dumbbell, dummy, pinhead

   type of:

   simple, simpleton

   a person lacking intelligence or common sense
6. noun

   slang terms for inside information
   “is that the straight dope?”

   synonyms: low-down, poop, the skinny

   type of:

   details, inside information

   true confidential information
7. verb

   add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties
   “The resistors have been doped”

   type of:

   alter, change, modify

   cause to change; make different; cause a transformation