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Dope
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dope (dp)
n.
1. A narcotic, especially an addictive narcotic.
2. An illicit drug, especially marijuana.

dope
Etymology: AS, dyppan, to dip
Usage notes: slang.
morphine, heroin, or another opioid; marijuana; or another substance illicitly bought or sold and often self-administered for sedative, hypnotic, euphoric, or other mood-altering purposes.

Dope
Computers noun An impurity deliberately added to a semiconductor to improve its performance
Materials science verb To add or incorporate a substance or other additive to a chemical compound of interest, with the intent of improving or altering performance parameters
Sports medicine verb See Doping
Substance abuse noun A generic and popular term for any recreational drug, almost invariably referring to a narcotic—e.g., heroin—but also marijuana
Vox populi noun A dolt, dummy, pinhead

dope,
n a colloquial term denoting a drug taken temporarily or habitually without medical cause and that is intended to alter mood.

dope
Substance abuse A generic and popular term for any recreational drug, almost invariably referring to a narcotic–eg, heroin, but also marijuana


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