From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dope
n 1: street names for marijuana [syn: {pot}, {grass}, {green
goddess}, {dope}, {weed}, {gage}, {sess}, {sens}, {smoke},
{skunk}, {locoweed}, {Mary Jane}]
2: an ignorant or foolish person [syn: {dumbbell}, {dummy},
{dope}, {boob}, {booby}, {pinhead}]
3: carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts (`dope'
is a southernism in the United States) [syn: {cola}, {dope}]
4: slang terms for inside information; "is that the straight
dope?" [syn: {dope}, {poop}, {the skinny}, {low-down}]
v 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" [syn: {dope}, {dope up}]
From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]:
dope /dop/
drug
|
