dope : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dope	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for dope
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dope n street names for marijuana [syn: pot, grass, {green goddess}, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane] an ignorant or foolish person Synonym(s): dumbbell, dummy, dope, boob, booby, pinhead carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts (`dope' is a southernism in the United States) Synonym(s): cola, dope slang terms for inside information; "is that the straight dope?" Synonym(s): dope, poop, the skinny, low-down v take drugs to improve one's athletic performance add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties; "The resistors have been doped" give a narcotic to; "The athletes were dope by the coach before the race" Synonym(s): dope, dope up
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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] 2. To judge or guess; to predict the result of, as by the aid of dope. [Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dope \Dope\ (d[omac]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. 2. Any preparation, as of opium, used to stupefy or, in the case of a race horse, to stimulate. [Slang or Cant] 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. 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; sometimes, similar information concerning other sports. [Sporting Slang]