dope

CEFRC1

[dəʊp]

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An illegal drug.

  2. 02

    noun

    A foolish or stupid person.

Examples

  • I keep a little dope around for real emergencies.

  • You don't look like a dope.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [doʊp]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An absorbent material used to hold a liquid.

  2. Any varnish used to coat a part, such as an airplane wing or a hot-air balloon in order to waterproof, strengthen, etc.

  3. Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.

More examples

In context

  • What's the latest dope on the stock market?

  • Are you on dope?

  • That party was dope!

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Dutch doop (“thick dipping sauce”), from Dutch dopen (“to dip”), from Middle Dutch dopen, from Old Dutch *dōpen, from Frankish *daupijan, from Proto-Germanic *daupijaną. “Doop” in the sense “narcotic drug” ultimately refers to viscous opium juice, the drug of choice of the ancient Greeks; “insider information” perhaps from knowing which horse had been doped in a race. Sense of "stupid person" perhaps following from the drug sense (i.e. relating to those intoxicated on opium), compare dope up. Related to English dip and German taufen. Unrelated to dopamine.