I. dope 1 /dəʊp $ doʊp/ BrE AmE noun informal
[ Date: 1800-1900 ; Language: Dutch ; Origin: doop 'sauce' ]
1 . [uncountable] a drug that is not legal, especially ↑ marijuana :
Jeff used to smoke dope all the time.
2 . [countable] spoken a stupid person SYN idiot :
What a dope!
3 . dope test a test given to people or animals taking part in a sport, to see if they have taken or have been given a drug to improve their performance
4 . the dope (on somebody/something) new information about someone or something, especially information that not many people know:
What’s the dope on the new guy?
II. dope 2 BrE AmE verb [transitive usually passive]
1 . ( also dope somebody up ) to give a person or an animal a drug, often in their food or drink, to make them unconscious:
The girl had been doped and kidnapped.
2 . to give an animal a drug that makes it perform better in a race
3 . be doped (up) British English to be unable to think or behave normally, because of the effects of drugs or alcohol
be doped (up) on
She was doped up on drink and drugs most of the time.
III. dope 3 BrE AmE adjective American English informal
very good:
a dope album