dope

/dohp/, n., v., doped, doping.

n.

1. any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.

2. an absorbent material used to absorb and hold a liquid, as in the manufacture of dynamite.

3. Aeron.

a. any of various varnishlike products for coating a fabric, as of airplane wings, in order to make it waterproof, stronger, etc.

b. a similar product used to coat the fabric of a balloon to reduce gas leakage.

4. Slang.

a. any narcotic or narcoticlike drug taken to induce euphoria or satisfy addiction.

b. any illicit drug.

5. Slang. a narcotic preparation given surreptitiously to a horse to improve or retard its performance in a race.

6. Slang. information, data, or news: What's the latest dope on the strike?

7. Informal. a stupid or unresponsive person.

8. Southern U.S. (chiefly South Atlantic States) soda pop, esp. cola-flavored.

9. North Central U.S. (chiefly Ohio). syrup used as a topping for ice cream.

v.t.

10. Slang. to affect with dope or drugs.

11. to apply or treat with dope.

12. Electronics. to add or treat (a pure semiconductor) with a dopant.

v.i.

13. Slang. to take drugs.

14. dope out, Slang.

a. to figure out; calculate; devise: to dope out a plan.

b. to deduce or infer from available information: to dope out a solution to a problem.

[1840-50, 1885-90 for def. 4, 1900-05 for def. 6; < D doop (dial.) sauce, deriv. of dopen to DIP]

Regional Variation. 8. See soda pop.

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