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to dope

to dope

33 8.4
To give an athlete or animal drugs to make them perform better unfairly
  • verb
  • /doʊp/
  • NSFW
translation icon : dopar
  • They found out that he had doped his racehorse to enhance its speed during the competition.
  • doping in sports
  • dope athletes
  • caught doping

And, and so Gregory is under investigation the entire year that he's advising me how to dope.

Examples

  • I want someone to say, "I doped because I wanted to win."

    Blog text (26)

  • I won't have you goin' around dopin' up any of my men without orders from me.

    Day of the Dead (1985)

  • So the more I dope it, the higher is the building potential, right?

  • So, so, so, so therefore, let me dope my blood so that it does what his blood does.

  • And if you dope, if you dope to very, very high levels, you see this breakdown.

  • I wonder what percentage of the pro cyclists dope, or did so, during the 7 tour wins?

    Blog text (4)

  • Proof positive that he doped; as far as I am concerned, he is a winner.

    Blog text (17)

  • Athletes have every incentive to dope, and most governing bodies have paid lip service to it.

    Blog text (29)

  • One of them said the last race had been fixed, that the dog he'd bet had been doped.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • I never officially decided whether Mr. Armstrong doped; I just recognized and accepted the substantial likelihood that he did.

    Blog text (29)

Synonyms

to do drugs
vsto dope
  • NSFW
100 7.5

Take illegal or recreational drugs to change how you feel

focuses instead on using drugs to change performance or affect others
to smoke dope
vsto dope
  • NSFW
11 9.3

To inhale marijuana to feel its effects

is broader, applying to giving or taking various substances to influence performance
to dope up
vsto dope
  • NSFW
7 9.4

Give someone drugs to change how they think or act

also includes taking drugs as well as administering them to affect performance
to drug
vsto dope
  • NSFW
5 7.9

To take substances for pleasure rather than for medicine

is about influencing performance or others rather than general habitual use

Antonyms

to abstain
18 5.0

To choose not to take something, often for health or religious reasons

Idioms

to smoke your own dope
  • Slang
9.9

To believe your own praise so much that you make bad choices

smoking one's own dope
  • Archaic
9.9

Acting in a way that harms you because you trust your own wrong ideas

Phrasal Verbs

to smoke dope
  • NSFW
11 9.3

To inhale marijuana to feel its effects

to dope up
  • NSFW
7 9.4

Give someone drugs to change how they think or act

to dope out
  • Informal
8.8

To find a plan or solution by thinking carefully

to dope up
  • Specialized
8.1

Add a small amount of another substance to silicon to change how it conducts electricity

Compounds

dope fiend
  • Offensive
7 9.9

A person who cannot stop using illegal drugs, often said in an insulting way

rope-a-dope
  • Jargon
3 9.5

A boxing tactic of pretending to be weak to tire an opponent and outsmart them by appearing passive

dope sheet
  • Archaic
9.9

A paper that lists horse race results, odds and stats for betting

dope sheet
  • US
8.4

A short document that gives key facts and instructions for daily tasks

dope slap
  • Informal
9.9

A quick light hit on the head with the hand to show frustration or sudden realization

dope whore
  • Offensive
9.9

An offensive name for a person who uses drugs and sells sex

How Doped

to dope
  • NSFW
33 8.4
to do drugs
  • NSFW
100 7.5

Surface Forms

dope infinitive
doped past
doped past participle
doping present participle
dopes third person singular

Etymology

Dope meaning to give or take drugs comes straight from the noun for drugs; to 'dope' someone is to give them a drug to change their energy or power. That's why athletes who 'dope' use drugs to try to improve their performance.