Word: dope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch doop (“thick dipping sauce”), from Dutch dopen (“to dip”), from Middle Dutch dopen, from Old Dutch *dōpen, from Frankish *daupijan, from Proto-Germanic *daupijaną. “Doop” in the sense “narcotic drug” ultimately refers to viscous opium juice, the drug of choice of the ancient Greeks; “insider information” perhaps from knowing which horse had been doped in a race. Sense of "stupid person" perhaps following from the drug sense (i.e. relating to those intoxicated on opium), compare dope up. Related to English dip and German taufen. Unrelated to dopamine. Pronunciation: [dəʊp], [doʊp] 1. Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface. Labels: uncountable Example: Use a good pipe dope on the NPT threads. When applying pipe dope do not put any on the first two threads from the end. Always put dope on the male thread—never on the female thread. 2. An absorbent material used to hold a liquid. Labels: uncountable 3. Any varnish used to coat a part, such as an airplane wing or a hot-air balloon in order to waterproof, strengthen, etc. Labels: uncountable 4. Any of various recreational substances Labels: slang, uncountable Example: Do you remember me? / How we used to be / Helpless and happy and blind? / Sunk without hope / In a haze of good dope / And cheap wine? 5. Any of various recreational substances: Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: If you are at all bright, don't be a grind. Grinding may make a second-hand genius of you (for all the real things are dead), and if you become a genius you will be sure to smoke dope or swallow laudanum. They all did it. Example: But she went her way. Not until she accompanied a girl to an opium joint to discover whether dope had the merits claimed for it as a deadener of pain and a producer of happiness—not until then did Freddie come in person. 6. Any of various recreational substances: Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: (Senator): Well good! Good! This is a fine batch of corn you have! (Farmer): 'Taint corn. It's dope. Example: Some people say that dope kills brain cells, but I can't figure out how they found that out. I mean, how do you tell if a brain cell is dead and how do you tell what killed it? I've probably wasted a lot more brain cells through booze than through dope. 7. Information, usually from an inside source, originally in horse racing and other sports. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: What's the latest dope on the stock market? Example: I got thru the lines and talked with the Captain and got all the Dope.^([sic]) 8. Ballistic data on previously fired rounds, used to calculate the required hold over a target. Labels: uncountable 9. A stupid person. Labels: countable, derogatory, slang Example: The reasons why this verification is made by her and not by the defendant is because he is a dope and a fat-head and hasn't sense enough to do it himself. Example: You call that steering? We almost got killed! My fault? Yeah, step over here and say that, you stripey dope! That's right, I'm talking to you! 10. Dessert topping. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 11. A soft drink. Labels: Appalachia, countable, uncountable