dope

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.

   • Use a good pipe dope on the NPT threads. When applying pipe dope do not put any on the first two threads from the end. Always put dope on the male thread—never on the female thread.
2. 2

   An absorbent material used to hold a liquid.

3. 3

   Any varnish used to coat a part, such as an airplane wing or a hot-air balloon in order…

   Any varnish used to coat a part, such as an airplane wing or a hot-air balloon in order to waterproof, strengthen, etc.

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   1. 4

      Any of various recreational substances

      • Do you remember me? / How we used to be / Helpless and happy and blind? / Sunk without hope / In a haze of good dope / And cheap wine?
   2. 5

      Information, usually from an inside source, originally in horse racing and other sports.

      • What's the latest dope on the stock market?
      • I got thru the lines and talked with the Captain and got all the Dope.^([sic])
      • 'Boss, one of them's just come in on Fifth. The Limey with the scar. Got a friend with him, but he don't seem to fit the dope on the other two.'
   3. 6

      Ballistic data on previously fired rounds, used to calculate the required hold over a…

      Ballistic data on previously fired rounds, used to calculate the required hold over a target.

   4. 7

      A stupid person.

      • The reasons why this verification is made by her and not by the defendant is because he is a dope and a fat-head and hasn't sense enough to do it himself.
      • You call that steering? We almost got killed! My fault? Yeah, step over here and say that, you stripey dope! That's right, I'm talking to you!
      • — Я превращу в пыль все товары, и все столы, и всё оборудование этой презренной лавки! — Ты с ума сошёл! — вконец возмутился Волька.— Ведь это государственное добро, старая ты балда!
   5. 8

      Dessert topping.

   6. 9

      A soft drink.

   7. 10

      To affect with drugs.

      • Cecil Winwood accepted the test. He claimed that he could dope the guards the night of the break. "Talk is cheap," said Long Bill Hodge. "What we want is the goods. Dope one of the guards to-night."
      • Now, suppose another veterinarian should come along with another medicine, named “Goine;” and that a quart of it would make a horse go twice as fast, and you should dope the horse with both medicines […]
   8. 11

      To treat with dope (lubricant, etc.).

   9. 12

      To add a dopant such as arsenic to (a pure semiconductor such as silicon).

      • Another way to dope semiconductors is to use materials like boron, in which each atom has one fewer valence electron than does a sillicon atom.
   10. 13

       To use drugs

       To use drugs; especially, to use prohibited performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) in sporting competitions.

       • The more experienced cyclists, who doped or used to dope, transmitted the culture of doping to the younger cyclists, teaching them doping methods and suggesting which substances to use.
   11. 14

       To judge or guess

       To judge or guess; to predict the result of.

   12. 15

       Amazing

       Amazing; cool.

       • That party was dope!
       • The dope conceptual beauty of the Jungle Brothers is the upful spin they put on black consciousness music, showing that being pro-black can be as much about hot fun in the summertime as gearing up for the next time.
       • That was dope, E. That shit was dope, man!
   13. 16

       Acronym of data on previous engagement.

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