dope
noun
[ dəʊp ]
• a drug taken illegally for recreational purposes, especially cannabis.
• "my dad caught me smoking dope"
Similar:
drugs,
narcotics,
addictive drugs,
recreational drugs,
illegal drugs,
cannabis,
heroin,
• a stupid person.
• "though he wasn't an intellectual giant, he was no dope either"
Similar:
fool,
idiot,
halfwit,
nincompoop,
blockhead,
buffoon,
dunce,
dolt,
ignoramus,
cretin,
imbecile,
dullard,
moron,
simpleton,
clod,
ninny,
chump,
dimwit,
nitwit,
goon,
dumbo,
dummy,
dum-dum,
dumb-bell,
loon,
jackass,
bonehead,
fathead,
numbskull,
dunderhead,
chucklehead,
knucklehead,
muttonhead,
pudding-head,
thickhead,
wooden-head,
airhead,
pinhead,
lamebrain,
pea-brain,
birdbrain,
zombie,
jerk,
nerd,
dipstick,
donkey,
noodle,
nit,
numpty,
twit,
clot,
ass,
goat,
plonker,
berk,
prat,
pillock,
wally,
git,
wazzock,
divvy,
nerk,
twerp,
charlie,
mug,
muppet,
nyaff,
balloon,
sumph,
gowk,
gobdaw,
schmuck,
bozo,
boob,
lamer,
turkey,
schlepper,
chowderhead,
dumbhead,
dumbass,
goofball,
goof,
goofus,
galoot,
dork,
lummox,
klutz,
putz,
schlemiel,
sap,
meatball,
gink,
cluck,
clunk,
ding-dong,
dingbat,
wiener,
weeny,
dip,
simp,
• information about a subject, especially if not generally known.
• "our reviewer will give you the dope on hot spots around the town"
Similar:
information,
details,
particulars,
facts,
figures,
statistics,
data,
knowledge,
intelligence,
instruction,
advice,
guidance,
direction,
counsel,
enlightenment,
news,
notice,
word,
material,
documentation,
documents,
info,
the low-down,
the inside story,
the latest,
bumf,
deets,
gen,
• a varnish formerly applied to fabric surfaces of aircraft to strengthen them and keep them airtight.
dope
verb
• administer drugs to (a racehorse, greyhound, or athlete) in order to inhibit or enhance sporting performance.
• "the horse was doped before the race"
Similar:
drug,
tamper with,
interfere with,
disable,
stupefy,
sedate,
befuddle,
inebriate,
intoxicate,
narcotize,
incapacitate,
weaken,
knock out,
anaesthetize,
give an anaesthetic to,
make/render unconscious,
nobble,
• smear or cover with varnish or other thick liquid.
• "she doped the surface with photographic emulsion"
• add an impurity to (a semiconductor) to produce a desired electrical characteristic.
dope
adjective
• very good.
• "that suit is dope!"
Origin:
early 19th century (in the sense ‘thick liquid’): from Dutch doop ‘sauce’, from doopen ‘to dip, mix’.
