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Meaning of dope in English

dope
noun
  informal
uk
/dəʊp/ us
/doʊp/

dope noun (DRUG)

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[ U ]
marijuana, or, more generally, any type of illegal drug:
smoke dope They were arrested for smoking dope.
sell dope He made some cash by selling dope to teenagers.
buy dope She got caught buying dope in the local park.
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dope noun (PERSON)

[ C ]
a silly person:
You shouldn't have told him, you dope!
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dope noun (INFORMATION)

[ U or S ] mainly US
information, especially secret or hidden information:
dope on They hoped to dig up some dope on her that might be damaging, but they never did.
inside dope His blog is a must-read for anyone who wants the inside dope on the tech world.
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dope
verb [ T ]
  informal
uk
/dəʊp/ us
/doʊp/
to give a person or an animal drugs in order to make them perform better or worse in a competition:
They were arrested for doping racehorses.
to give a person or an animal a drug to make them want to sleep:
dope someone/something up We always have to dope up our cat for long car journeys.
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dope
adjective
  slang
uk
/dəʊp/ us
/doʊp/
very good:
This music is dope.
That's one dope way to spend the afternoon!
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  • I'm telling you, that kid has something. But Thom Yorke is dope too.
  • I know the show is gonna be dope because Simon is dope.
  • Those dance moves are dope!
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(Definition of dope from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

dope | American Dictionary

dope
noun
us
/doʊp/

dope noun (DRUG)

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[ U ] infml
any illegal drug

dope noun (PERSON)

[ C ] infml
a stupid or foolish person:
You shouldn’t have told him, you dope!

dope noun (INFORMATION)

[ U ] slang
information known by only a few people:
A new column of inside dope about the film industry begins next month.
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毒品, 大麻, 人…
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marihuana, idiota, información…
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stoffer, narkotika, dope…
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ยาเสพติด (คำสแลง), ยาเสพติด…
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chất ma túy, dùng ma túy…
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prochy, trawka, bałwan…
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knark, drog[er], dopingmedel…
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ubat, dadah…
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das Rauschgift, dopen…
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