dope

dope¹ [dəup US doup] n informal

[Date: 1800-1900; : Dutch; Origin: doop 'sauce']

1.) [U]

a drug that is not legal, especially ↑marijuana

▪ Jeff used to smoke dope all the time.

2.) spoken

a stupid person

= ↑idiot

▪ What a dope!

3.) dope test

a test given to people or animals taking part in a sport, to see if they have taken or have been given a drug to improve their performance

4.) the dope (on sb/sth)

new information about someone or something, especially information that not many people know

▪ What's the dope on the new guy?

dope ²

dope² v [T usually passive]

1.) also dope sb 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.) to give an animal a drug that makes it perform better in a race

3.) be doped (up)

BrE to be unable to think or behave normally, because of the effects of drugs or alcohol

be doped (up) on

▪ She was doped up on drink and drugs most of the time.

dope ³

dope³ adj AmE informal

very good

▪ Check out our dope new album.