dope
5
9.6
- noun
- /doʊp/
- Slang
- I've got some good dope.
- the inside dope
- the straight dope
- get the dope
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Watch on YouTubeThe dope is the calculations for the dope cards, written dope cards.
- The dope is the calculations for the dope cards, written dope cards.
- Well, I'm getting the inside dope here at SXM Sirius Radio and talking to Morel now.
Examples
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What is the real dope on the cortex bond problem, anyway?
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I called the Ministry of Health this morning to get the straight dope on it and try to allay fears.
Fiction book (1995) -
But where else do you think some of your dope content comes from?
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We need the dope on the table.
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Why on earth would we need all that dope?
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I'll give your pal Bernie Ohls the dope off the record.
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Newsweek ran an article entitled, "Here's the Straight Dope: Making Sense Out of the Candidates' Claims About Drugs" (Klaidman, 1996b).
Academic text (2009) -
And they thought that Larry O'Brien, who had business ties with Howard Hughes, might have the dope on what Nixon and Nixon's brother were getting from Howard Hughes.
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The detective finally got the inside dope on the suspect's whereabouts.
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I went to the meeting to gather the latest dope on the upcoming project.
Synonyms
13
9.8
Information that gives the most important facts about what happened, often secret
3
8.5
True information about something often not widely known
3
9.9
The real facts about a person or situation
1
8.4
A short document that gives key facts and instructions for daily tasks
Idioms
- Archaic
Acting in a way that harms you because you trust your own wrong ideas
Compounds
- Offensive
11
9.9
A person who cannot stop using illegal drugs, often said in an insulting way
- Jargon
6
9.5
A boxing tactic of pretending to be weak to tire an opponent and outsmart them by appearing passive
- Informal
1
9.9
A quick light hit on the head with the hand to show frustration or sudden realization
How Secret
- Formal
279
7.4
25
5.4
- Slang
5
9.6
248
3.8
15
2.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dope for 'inside information' is a helpful image: think of being given a small 'dose' of secret facts; the word came to mean the low-down or inside news someone shares. So when people ask for the 'dope' on something, they want the private or important facts.