Definitions for dopes

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dopes dope

Spelling: [dohp]

IPA: /doʊp/

Dopes is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 71 anagrams from letters in dopes (deops).

Definitions for dopes

noun

1. any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
2. an absorbent material used to absorb and hold a liquid, as in the manufacture of dynamite.
3. Aeronautics. any of various varnishlike products for coating a fabric, as of airplane wings, in order to make it waterproof, stronger, etc. a similar product used to coat the fabric of a balloon to reduce gas leakage.
4. Slang. any narcotic or narcoticlike drug taken to induce euphoria or satisfy addiction. any illicit drug.
5. Slang. a narcotic, usually a steroid, given to an athlete to unfairly boost performance in a competition.
6. Slang. a narcotic preparation given surreptitiously to a horse to improve or retard its performance in a race.
7. Slang. information, data, or news:
8. Informal. a stupid or unresponsive person.
9. Southern U.S. (chiefly South Atlantic States) . soda pop, especially cola-flavored.
10. North Central U.S. (chiefly Ohio) . syrup used as a topping for ice cream.

Verb phrases

1. dope out, Slang. to figure out; calculate; devise: to deduce or infer from available information:

verb (used with object)

1. Slang. to affect with dope or drugs.
2. Slang. to give a narcotic to (an athlete) to unfairly boost performance in a competition.
3. to apply or treat with dope.
4. Electronics. to add or treat (a pure semiconductor) with a dopant.

verb (used without object)

1. Slang. to take drugs.

Origin of dopes

1840-50; 1885-90 for def 4; 1900-05 for def 7; Dutch doop (dial.) sauce, derivative of dopen to dip¹

Examples for dopes

He was gonna say, "Fine, look anywhere you want, you won't find any dope."

There are many more she used on the street while earning money to pay for dope.

I'll bet we can dope out some way of putting it over on them.

Of course he's sick from the dope, an' the others are a bit fast for him.

Soon cover versions were recorded by acts like Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, dope, and Rage Against the Machine.

Narcotics cops immediately set to determining which dope dealers use those brand names.

The "dope" he used was mailed to him by a drug firm in Chicago.

dope smokers find e-cigarettes and high-tech ‘mods’ are great for smoking in public, with less fear from cops and bouncers.

You make out a list of what dope you want—and be sure yuh get a-plenty.

He was snuffing at the splashes of axle “dope” on the ground beneath the wagon.