1. [slang] A street name for marijuana
   "Teens were caught smoking dope behind the school";
   - pot [slang], grass [slang], green goddess [slang], weed [slang], gage [slang], sess [slang], sens [slang], smoke [slang], skunk [slang], locoweed [N. Amer, slang], Mary Jane [slang], bud [N. Amer, slang]
    
2. [informal] An ignorant or foolish person
   "Don't be such a dope, it's obvious how to solve this problem";
   - dumbbell [informal], dummy [informal], boob [informal], booby, pinhead [informal], divvy [Brit, informal], div [Brit, informal], poon [Austral, informal]
    
3. [slang] Slang term for inside information
   "is that the straight dope?";
   - poop [N. Amer, slang], the skinny [N. Amer, slang], low-down [slang]
    
4. [US] Carbonated drink flavoured with extract from kola nuts
   "He ordered a dope with his burger";
   - cola

1. (medicine) give a narcotic to
   "The athletes were doped by the coach before the race";
   - dope up [informal]
    
2. Take drugs to improve one's athletic performance
   "Some athletes were caught doping before the competition"
    
3. (electronics) add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties
   "The resistors have been doped"

1. Of the highest quality, skill, etc.; very good or impressive
   "a dope reporter";
   - ace [informal], A-one [informal], crack [informal], first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch [informal], top-notch [informal], tops [informal], A1 [informal], top-class, gnarly [N. Amer, informal], excellent, first-class, fantabulous [informal], splendid, ripping [Brit, archaic, informal], mean [informal], outstanding, lush [Brit, informal], brilliant, beezer [UK, archaic], stellar [informal], awesome [informal], top-drawer, socko [N. Amer, informal], righteous [US, slang], fab [Brit, informal], crucial [slang], rad [N. Amer, slang], radical [N. Amer, slang], nang [Brit, slang], phat [slang], legit [US, slang], awesomesauce [informal], amazeballs [informal], beaut [Austral, NZ, informal], lit [US, slang], storming [Brit, informal], blinding [Brit, slang], stonking [Brit, informal], brill [Brit, informal], wicked [slang], cushty [Brit, informal], def [slang], magic [Brit, slang], smokin' [slang], smoking [slang], sick [N. Amer, slang]

Derived forms: doping, dopes, doped

See also: super-duper [informal], superior

Type of: alter, cannabis, change, dagga [S.Africa], do drugs [informal], dose, drug, ganja, inside information, kef, kif, marihuana, marijuana, modify, simple [archaic], simpleton, soft drink

Encyclopedia: Dope