Meaning of Dope | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
   uncountable
2. Acronym of data on previous engagement.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
3. An absorbent material used to hold a liquid.
   uncountable
4. Any varnish used to coat a part, such as an airplane wing or a hot-air balloon in order to waterproof, strengthen, etc.
   uncountable
5. Any of various recreational substances
   slang, uncountable
6. Any of various recreational substances:
   countable, slang, uncountable
7. An opiate, now particularly heroin.
   countable, slang, uncountable
8. Marijuana.
   countable, slang, uncountable
9. Information, usually from an inside source, originally in horse racing and other sports.
   slang, uncountable
10. Ballistic data on previously fired rounds, used to calculate the required hold over a target.
    uncountable
11. A stupid person.
    countable, derogatory, slang
12. Dessert topping.
    US, countable, uncountable
13. A soft drink.
    Appalachia, countable, uncountable

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Examples

“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.”

“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?”

“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.”

“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.”

“Here's a cure for all your troubles / Here's an end to all distress / It's the old dope peddler / With his powdered happiness”

“Riccio nodded toward a boy across the floor and said, “See that kid? He’s on dope.” The boy was standing against a wall, staring vacantly at the dancers, his face fixed in a gentle, faraway smile. Every few seconds, he would wipe his nose with the back of his hand. “Man, that Jo-Jo!” Benny said. “He’s stoned all the time.” “What’s he on—horse?” Riccio asked, meaning heroin. “Who knows with that creep?” Benny said. I asked Benny if any special kind of boy went in for dope. “The creeps,” he said. “You know, the goofballs.” He searched for a word. “The weak kids. Like Jo-Jo. There ain’t nothing the guys can’t do to him. Last week, we took his pants off and made him run right in the middle of the street without them.””

“We watched as he got his works and squirted water out first, then stuck the tip of the needle into the dope and sucked it up before finding a vein and sticking it into his arm.”

“(Senator): Well good! Good! This is a fine batch of corn you have! (Farmer): 'Taint corn. It's dope.”

“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.”

“She had gotten pregnant while stoned, had undoubtedly decided to marry Roger Finney while stoned, and Peter knew for a fact that she had left Reed (carrying a one-point-forget-it grade average) because there was too much dope floating around and she just couldn’t say no to it.”

“At a suburban station, there were kids hanging around smoking dope, as ticketless entry through the exit doors is easy for them.”

“What's the latest dope on the stock market?”

“I got thru the lines and talked with the Captain and got all the Dope.^([sic])”

“Same with Michael Moore. When the people's champ gives us the dope on corporate bosses and sweatshop kings, he never presents their greed as some kind of deplorable personal trait.”

““Everyone seems less excited about the war here than out there. When I do get the dope on the poster situation, I will let you know.” He and Forsythe were itching to contribute to the war effort by designing recruitment posters.”

“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.”

“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!”

“— Я превращу в пыль все товары, и все столы, и всё оборудование этой презренной лавки! — Ты с ума сошёл! — вконец возмутился Волька.— Ведь это государственное добро, старая ты балда!”

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