Meaning of "dope" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DOPE

From Dutch doop sauce, from doopen to dip.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF DOPE

dope  [dəʊp]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOPE

Dope is a verb and can also act as a noun and an adjective.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb dope in English.

WHAT DOES DOPE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dope in the English dictionary

The first definition of dope in the dictionary is any of a number of preparations made by dissolving cellulose derivatives in a volatile solvent, applied to fabric in order to improve strength, tautness, etc. Other definition of dope is an additive used to improve the properties of something, such as an antiknock compound added to petrol. Dope is also a thick liquid, such as a lubricant, applied to a surface.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DOPE

PRESENT

Present

I dope

you dope

he/she/it dopes

we dope

you dope

they dope

Present continuous

I am doping

you are doping

he/she/it is doping

we are doping

you are doping

they are doping

Present perfect

I have doped

you have doped

he/she/it has doped

we have doped

you have doped

they have doped

Present perfect continuous

I have been doping

you have been doping

he/she/it has been doping

we have been doping

you have been doping

they have been doping

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I doped

you doped

he/she/it doped

we doped

you doped

they doped

Past continuous

I was doping

you were doping

he/she/it was doping

we were doping

you were doping

they were doping

Past perfect

I had doped

you had doped

he/she/it had doped

we had doped

you had doped

they had doped

Past perfect continuous

I had been doping

you had been doping

he/she/it had been doping

we had been doping

you had been doping

they had been doping

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will dope

you will dope

he/she/it will dope

we will dope

you will dope

they will dope

Future continuous

I will be doping

you will be doping

he/she/it will be doping

we will be doping

you will be doping

they will be doping

Future perfect

I will have doped

you will have doped

he/she/it will have doped

we will have doped

you will have doped

they will have doped

Future perfect continuous

I will have been doping

you will have been doping

he/she/it will have been doping

we will have been doping

you will have been doping

they will have been doping

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would dope

you would dope

he/she/it would dope

we would dope

you would dope

they would dope

Conditional continuous

I would be doping

you would be doping

he/she/it would be doping

we would be doping

you would be doping

they would be doping

Conditional perfect

I would have dope

you would have dope

he/she/it would have dope

we would have dope

you would have dope

they would have dope

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been doping

you would have been doping

he/she/it would have been doping

we would have been doping

you would have been doping

they would have been doping

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you dope
we let´s dope
you dope

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to dope

Past participle

doped

Present Participle

doping

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «DOPE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «dope» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of dope

anaesthetize · berk · blockhead · bogan · charlie · coot · dadah · dickhead · dimwit · dipstick · divvy · doctor · dolt · doofus · dork · drug · dumb-ass · dunce · dweeb · eejit · fathead · fool · fuckwit · geek · gen · gobshite · gonzo · idiot · info · information · inject · intelligence · jerk · lamebrain · material · narcotize · news · nitwit · numpty · oaf · pillock · plank · plonker · prat · prick · putz · schmuck · sedate · simpleton · stupefy · thicko · twit · wally

TRANSLATION OF DOPE

Find out the translation of dope to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of dope from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dope» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 强迫…吸毒
• Translator English - Spanish: drogar
• English: dope
• Translator English - Hindi: डोप
• Translator English - Arabic: منشطات
• Translator English - Russian: допинг
• Translator English - Portuguese: dopar
• Translator English - Bengali: আফিম
• Translator English - French: doper
• Translator English - Malay: Dadah
• Translator English - German: dopen
• Translator English - Japanese: 薬を混ぜる
• Translator English - Korean: 약을 타다
• Translator English - Javanese: Dope
• Translator English - Vietnamese: pha rượu
• Translator English - Tamil: மயக்கமருந்து
• Translator English - Marathi: डोप
• Translator English - Turkish: doping
• Translator English - Italian: drogare
• Translator English - Polish: Dope
• Translator English - Ukrainian: допінг
• Translator English - Romanian: droguri
• Translator English - Greek: ναρκωτικές ουσίες
• Translator English - Afrikaans: dagga
• Translator English - Swedish: dope
• Translator English - Norwegian: dope

10 QUOTES WITH «DOPE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dope.

1

James Caan

One night I went over to get some dope from some Hollywood tough guy. After I left, my son Scott, who was only fifteen, went over with a baseball bat to kill him. I was laughing out of one eye and crying out of the other. I thought, Who am I kidding?

2

Chance The Rapper

With 'Acid Rap,' I allowed myself to be really open-minded and free with who I allowed into my musical space. I wanted to make a cohesive product, but I also just want to make a bunch of dope songs inspired by whatever sounds I liked.

3

Chance The Rapper

I think it's so dope that I'm here in Chicago and contributing to the music scene that's thriving. People are so happy Chicago's shining that everyone is willing to say 'I represent Chicago.' That wasn't always the case.

4

Robertson Davies

To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser.

5

Estelle

'Something Good' is a feel-good song. A reminder that you're dope and have something wonderful to offer life and yourself and the world.

6

Billy Evans

Upsetting the dope is a favorite pastime in baseball. Past performances count for but little in the national pastime. Reputations don't get you anywhere. A club is judged solely on results, and to get results, you must win ball games.

7

George Foreman

They call it the rope-a-dope. Well, I'm the dope. Ali just laid on the rope and I, like a dope, kept punching until I got tired. But he was probably the most smart fighter I've ever gotten into the ring with.

8

Glenn Frey

I read the Life magazine articles about free love and free dope in California. At age 20 I drove to Los Angeles.

9

Lance Gross

If you got a dope girl, there's going to be people that want her. But I don't know, I've always kept my 'A-game' on point. I just make a point to make sure the woman that I'm with is taken care of. You got to keep it new, so I go out of my way to make them feel special.

10

Dashiell Hammett

With what dope I got I think it fills me in pretty well.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOPE»

Discover the use of dope in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dope and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Dope: A History of Performance Enhancement in Sports from ...

This book includes a timeline of major milestones and events in the history of doping from the mid-1800s onward. It also shows that a number of popularly circulated stories about doping in sports don't hold up under close examination.

Daniel M. Rosen, 2008

Howard Marks' Book Of Dope Stories

An unforgettable, once-in-a-lifetime trip, The Howard Marks Book of Dope Stories includes his favourite drugs writings from Alexander Dumas to Aleister Crowley via Hunter S. Thompson and Charles Baudelaire, as well as unpublished works and ...

Howard Marks, 2010

Dope

From the author of Come Closer comes the most highly acclaimed-and unusual-thriller of the year.

Sara Gran, 2007

Dope menace: the sensational world of drug paperbacks, 1900-1975

The lurid glories of twentieth-century pulp drug literature.

Stephen J. Gertz, 2008

Dope Sick

. . . Walter Dean Myers weaves elements of magical realism into a harrowing story about drug use, violence, alternate perceptions of reality, and second chances.

Walter Dean Myers, 2009

Dope

Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward, better known as Sax Rohmer, was a prolific English novelist. He is best remembered for his series of novels featuring the master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu. This is one of his novels.

Sax Rohmer, 2014

Dope Girls: The Birth Of The British Drug Underground

A drug panic. Murder. Terrifying and mysterious black and Chinese immigrants. Dope Kings. Jazz. War. An actress dead of an overdose. Dope Girls is about the transformation of drug use into a national menace.

Marek Kohn, 2013

The Audacity of Dope

Riley Mansfield is not your typical hero.

Monte Dutton, 2011

Dope the Story of the Living Dead

She knows thoroughly this story of human weakness.

Winifred Black, 2011

Inside Dope: How Drugs Are the Biggest Threat to Sports, Why ...

Written by a former Olympian, an IOC official, and a passionate advocate of fair play in sports, this eye-opening book takes a candid look at testing standards and the future of doping and sports and the larger issue of how doping affects ...

Richard W. Pound, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOPE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dope is used in the context of the following news items.

Artist grew dope to pay rent

An artist who was growing more than $100,000 worth of marijuana to pay the rent on his studio also planned to use the roots in his art. Richard ... «Wanganui Chronicle, Jul 15»

Dope cheats to face off in Lausanne

Lovers of clean track and field will be cringing at Thursday's Diamond League meet in Lausanne when doping cheats Justin Gatlin and Tyson ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»

Dope growers or cannabis cultivators?

Humboldt County's marijuana industry has for decades operated in the shadows, while at the same time becoming a larger and larger element ... «Eureka Times Standard, Jul 15»

Hillary Clinton plays rope-a-dope with the national media

Hillary Clinton's relationship with the national media is coming under new scrutiny following her campaign's decision to hold back reporters with ... «The Hill, Jul 15»

Don't Be The Dope Who Gets Roped: A Handy Guide For Campaign …

So it's come to this. Over the weekend, a Hillary Clinton campaign appearance in Gorham, New Hampshire, turned into a wonderful visual ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

Why Pharrell Williams Produced a Coming-of-Age Indie Film About …

She's a co-producer of the film Dope, the new drama-comedy from writer and director Rick Famuyiwa. For the Spiel, it didn't take long for the joy ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»

Rope a Dope: Hillary Restrains Press Behind Rope at July 4 Parade

Rope a Dope: Hillary Restrains Press Behind Rope at July 4 Parade. By Tim Graham | July 5, 2015 | 7:46 AM EDT. Share it Tweet it. 0. shares. «NewsBusters, Jul 15»

Fresh Air Weekend: 'Loving Day'; Cable's Faux Newsmen; 'Dope …

'Dope' Director On Geekdom, The N-Word And Confronting Racism With Comedy: Rick Famuyiwa's new film is about a black high-school ... «WABE 90.1 FM, Jul 15»

Movie review: Dope is a jolting trip

Overshadowed by summer blockbusters, “Dope” is the kind of movie that will stand the test of time as a difficult, yet necessary, reflection of ... «Mcalester News Capital, Jul 15»

Fabolous Says He's Trying “To Bring Dope Stuff Back To New York"

“I just try to do things for the city as a whole, to bring dope stuff back to New York,” he continues. “Of course, it's the Mecca of it all. So, I'm just ... «HipHopDX, Jul 15»