dope

Everyday

1. (informal) A dope is a silly or foolish person. tree →
2. (slang) Dope is an illegal drug, especially cannabis. tree →
3. Doping is giving drugs to an athlete or animal to cheat in sport or to make someone sleepy. tree →
4. (slang, US) Dope means great or cool. tree →
5. (informal) The dope on something is the inside information about it. tree →

In the lessons

Heard in teasing among friends, in sport news (doping scandals, drug tests), in safety lessons about drugs, and in slang; tells the reader someone is being silly, cheating or using drugs.

Examples

• Don't be such a dope, the door says «pull»! tree →
• Athletes are tested to stop doping. tree →
• The cyclist was banned for doping. tree →
• The police found dope in the car. tree →
• (slang) Those trainers are dope! tree →
• Give me the dope on the new teacher. tree →
• The racehorse had been doped, so it was disqualified. tree →

Note

Mild insult but still unkind. «Dopey» = sleepy or silly (one of the seven dwarfs). Doping in sport is cheating and is banned; illegal drugs are dangerous and against the law.