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  1. The term "dope" has multiple meanings:123
    • It can refer to a fool.
    • It is a slang term for something "excellent" or "cool."
    • It can also refer to illegal drugs, such as marijuana or heroin.
    • In sports, "doping" refers to the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
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    A dope can be a fool, a slang term for “excellent,” or refer to drugs like marijuana. Doping is using performance-enhancing drugs in sports.

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    dope noun /dəʊp/ /dəʊp/ [uncountable] (informal) a drug that is used illegally for pleasure In (British English) dope usually means cannabis. In (North American English) it can also refer to heroin.

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    In today’s culture, the slang term dope is used to describe something that is awesome, cool, impressive, or excellent. It can be applied to various things, such as fashion, music, movies, or even a person’s personality.

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    What does it mean if someone calls a person a dope?
    1. Dope is a drug, usually an illegal drug such as marijuana or cocaine. [informal] [...] 2. If someone dopes a person or animal or dopes their food, they put drugs into their food or force them to take drugs. [...] 3. If someone calls a person a dope, they think that the person is stupid. [informal, disapproval] [...]

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    Is dope a slang word?
    As far as words go, dope is a pretty dope word because it can mean many, many things. A dope can be a fool, a slang term for “excellent,” or refer to drugs like marijuana. Doping is using performance-enhancing drugs in sports. Where does dope come from?

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    What does 'Dope for excellent' mean?
    While dope for “excellent” came out of black slang and hip-hop culture, it was quickly appropriated by mainstream culture. The nerdy, white step-brother in 1995’s Clueless remarked “that would be pretty dope of us” to help out his stepsister’s friends.

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    What does Dope mean in horse racing?
    This sense of dope evolves out of horse-racing slang in the early 1900s, with dope referring to substances given to horses to improve (or impair) their performance. Expressions like the straight dope or inside dope comes from bettors getting all the information on horse.

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    When did doping become a 'performance enhancing drug'?
    Doping, for “performance-enhancing drugs” like steroids banned in sports, came into the spotlight during scandals in baseball, cycling, and the Olympics in the 1990–2000s. Particularly prominent was Lance Armstrong, the tarnished Tour de France champion who admitted to doping in 2013.

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    [dōp]
    noun
    dope (noun) · dopes (plural noun)
    1. informal
      a drug taken illegally for recreational purposes, especially marijuana or heroin:
      "my dad caught me smoking dope"
      • a drug given to a racehorse or greyhound to enhance or inhibit its performance.
      • a drug taken by an athlete to improve performance:
        "he failed a dope test"
    2. informal
      a stupid person:
      "though he wasn't an intellectual giant, he was no dope either"
    3. informal
      information about a subject, especially if not generally known:
      "our reviewer will give you the dope on hot spots around the town"
    4. a varnish applied to the fabric surface of model aircraft to strengthen them and keep them airtight.
      • a thick liquid used as a lubricant.
    verb
    dope (verb) · dopes (third person present) · doped (past tense) · doped (past participle) · doping (present participle)
    1. administer drugs to (a racehorse, greyhound, or athlete) in order to enhance or inhibit sporting performance:
      "the horse was doped before the race"
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      drug
      disable
      stupefy
      sedate
      befuddle
      inebriate
      intoxicate
      narcotize
      incapacitate
      weaken
      knock out
      anesthetize
      administer drugs/opiates/narcotics to
      tamper with
      interfere with
      give an anesthetic to
      make/render unconscious
      • informal
        (be doped up)
        be heavily under the influence of drugs, typically illegal ones:
        "he was so doped up that he can't remember a thing"
      • treat (food or drink) with drugs:
        "maybe they had doped her water"
        Similar:
        adulterate
        contaminate
        add drugs to
        tamper with
      • informal
        dated
        regularly take illegal drugs.
    2. smear or cover with varnish or other thick liquid:
      "she doped the surface with photographic emulsion"
    3. electronics
      add an impurity to (a semiconductor) to produce a desired electrical characteristic.
    Origin
    early 19th century (in the sense ‘thick liquid’): from Dutch doop ‘sauce’, from doopen ‘to dip, mix’.
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