dope
verb/dəʊp/
/dəʊp/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they dope | /dəʊp/ /dəʊp/ |
| he / she / it dopes | /dəʊps/ /dəʊps/ |
| past simple doped | /dəʊpt/ /dəʊpt/ |
| past participle doped | /dəʊpt/ /dəʊpt/ |
| -ing form doping | /ˈdəʊpɪŋ/ /ˈdəʊpɪŋ/ |
- dope somebody/something to give a drug to a person or an animal in order to affect their performance in a race or sportTopics Sports: other sportsc1
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- dope somebody/something to give somebody a drug, often in their food or drink, in order to make them unconscious; to put a drug in food, etc.
- Thieves doped a guard dog and stole $10 000 worth of goods.
- The wine was doped.
- [usually passive] dope somebody (up) (informal) if somebody is doped or doped up, they cannot think clearly or act normally because they are under the influence of drugsTopics Social issuesc2
Word Originearly 19th cent. (in the sense ‘thick liquid’): from Dutch doop ‘sauce’, from doopen ‘to dip, mix’.
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