1 [U] (informal) a drug that is taken illegally for pleasure, especially CANNABIS or, in the US, HEROIN:
to peddle / smoke dope
2 [U] a drug that is taken by a person or given to an animal to affect their performance in a race or sport:
The athlete failed a dope test (= a medical test showed that he had taken such drugs).
3 [C] (informal) a stupid person
4 [U] the ~ (on sb/sth) (informal) information on sb/sth, especially details that are not generally known:
Give me the dope on the new boss.
verb [VN]
1 to give a drug to a person or an animal in order to affect their performance in a race or sport
2 to give sb a drug, often in their food or drink, in order to make them unconscious:
Thieves doped a guard dog and stole $10000 worth of goods. * The wine was doped.
3 ~ sb (up) [usuallypassive] (informal) if sb is doped or doped up, they cannot think clearly or act normally because they are under the influence of drugs
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is dope a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, dope is tagged as noun.
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