From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdopedope1 /dəʊp $ doʊp/ noun informal 1 [uncountable]MDD a drug that is not legal, especially marijuana Jeff used to smoke dope all the time.2 [countable] spokenSTUPID/NOT INTELLIGENT a stupid person SYN idiot What a dope!3 → dope test4 → the dope (on somebody/something)
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dope• I'm sorry I was such a dope last night.• He emphasised that there would be dope control after the race and warned us not to take any chances.• The 1st be the day for dope man.• Corso is no dope, and he spins a fascinating yarn.• Clinton, for all his mental meanderings, is no dope and has figured all this out.• I was getting through by starting to smoke dope and take acid.• I used to smoke dope all the time.• Patients who expect to hear the straight dope, and get the best care, from their physicians.• Jo could imitate anybody and always made him crease up, even without the dope.• That was the trouble for him with dope.• Oh you dope, you bought the wrong one.• Pam, you dope!smoke dope• If he knows some one smokes dope, he will go off them.• They met for lunch in Washington Park, smoked dope with her newspaper friends, were invited together to late night parties.• I was getting through by starting to smoke dope and take acid.• Our Jack wanted to smoke dope, but couldn't get Rizlas big enough to fit Tyrone.dopedope2 verb [transitive] 1 MDMDD (also dope somebody up) to give a person or an animal a drug, often in their food or drink, to make them unconscious The girl had been doped and kidnapped.2 MDDto give an animal a drug that makes it perform better in a race3 → be doped (up)→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
dope• I thought you had this place doped out.• Or off to Suffolk Downs in time to dope the daily double.• They dope the elephants in order to tag them.• You want your audience doped up to the eyeballs in feelgood factor.• Kerr-McGee charged she was doped up with Quaaludes.dopedope3 adjective American English informal very good a dope albumExamples from the Corpus
dope• If we got to be friends, that'd be dope.Origin dope1 (1800-1900) Dutch doop “sauce” 