dope meaning and definition

DOPE noun

Definition of dope (noun)

1. street names for marijuana
   • synonyms: gage, grass, green goddess, locoweed, Mary Jane, pot, sens, sess, skunk, smoke, weed
2. an ignorant or foolish person
   • synonyms: boob, booby, dumbbell, dummy, pinhead
3. carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts (`dope' is a southernism in the United States)
   • synonyms: cola
4. slang terms for inside information
   • "is that the straight dope?"
   • synonyms: low-down, poop, the skinny

DOPE verb

Definition of dope (verb)

1. take drugs to improve one's athletic performance
2. add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties
   • "The resistors have been doped"
3. give a narcotic to
   • "The athletes were dope by the coach before the race"
   • synonyms: dope up