Dope vs. Dop — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Dope and Dop
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Dope
A drug taken illegally for recreational purposes, especially cannabis
Police arrested a protester for smoking dope
Dop
A diving bird.
Dope
A stupid person
Though he wasn't an intellectual giant, he was no dope either
Dop
. A drink.
Let's go to the bar for a dop.
Dope
Information about a subject, especially if not generally known
Our reviewer will give you the dope on hot spots around the town
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Dop
An imprecise measure of alcohol; a dash.
Give me a dop of brandy.
Dope
A varnish formerly applied to fabric surfaces of aircraft to strengthen them and keep them airtight.
Dop
(obsolete) A dip; a low courtesy.
Dope
Administer drugs to (a racehorse, greyhound, or athlete) in order to inhibit or enhance sporting performance
The horse was doped before the race
Dop
(diamond-cutting) A little copper cup in which a diamond is held while being cut.
Dope
Smear or cover with varnish or other thick liquid
She doped the surface with photographic emulsion
Dop
To fail or to plug (an examination, standard or grade)
I dopped my exams.
Dope
Add an impurity to (a semiconductor) to produce a desired electrical characteristic.
Dop
To dip or duck.
Dope
Very good
That suit is dope!
Dop
To drink alcohol.
Dope
A narcotic, especially an addictive narcotic.
Dop
A little copper cup in which a diamond is held while being cut.
Dope
Narcotics considered as a group.
Dop
A dip; a low courtesy.
Dope
An illicit drug, especially marijuana.
Dop
To dip.
Dope
A narcotic preparation used to stimulate a racehorse.
Dope
(Informal) A stupid person; a dolt.
Dope
(Informal) Factual information, especially of a private nature.
Dope
(Chemistry) An absorbent or adsorbent material used in certain manufacturing processes, such as the nitroglycerin used in making dynamite.
Dope
A type of lacquer formerly used to protect, waterproof, and tauten the cloth surfaces of airplane wings.
Dope
Chiefly Southern US A carbonated soft drink containing an extract of the kola nut and other flavorings.
Dope
Lower Northern US Syrup or sweet sauce poured on ice cream.
Dope
To administer a narcotic to
Was doped up for the operation.
Dope
To add a narcotic to
They doped his drink before robbing him.
Dope
To administer a performance-enhancing substance to (an athlete).
Dope
To subject (an athlete) to blood doping.
Dope
(Electronics) To treat (a semiconductor) with a dopant.
Dope
To take narcotics or a performance-enhancing substance.
Dope
To engage in blood doping.
Dope
Excellent; outstanding.
Dope
(uncountable) Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
Dope
(uncountable) An absorbent material used to hold a liquid.
Dope
Any varnish used to coat a part, such as an airplane wing or a hot-air balloon in order to waterproof, strengthen, etc.
Dope
Any of various recreational substances:
Dope
Information, usually from an inside source, originally in horse racing and other sports.
What's the latest dope on the stock market?
Dope
Ballistic data on previously fired rounds, used to calculate the required hold over a target.
Dope
A stupid person.
Dope
Dessert topping.
Dope
To affect with drugs.
Dope
(transitive) To treat with dope (lubricant, etc.).
Dope
To add a dopant such as arsenic to (a pure semiconductor such as silicon).
Dope
To use drugs; especially, to use prohibited performance-enhancing drugs in sporting competitions.
Dope
To judge or guess; to predict the result of.
Dope
(slang) Amazing; cool.
That party was dope!
Dope
Any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as of opium for medicinal purposes, of grease for a lubricant, etc.
Dope
Any preparation, as of opium, used to stupefy or, in the case of a race horse, to stimulate.
Dope
An absorbent material; esp., in high explosives, the sawdust, infusorial earth, mica, etc., mixed with nitroglycerin to make a damp powder (dynamite, etc.) less dangerous to transport, and ordinarily explosive only by suitable fulminating caps.
Dope
Information concerning the previous performances of race horses, or other facts concerning them which may be of assistance in judging of their chances of winning future races; similar information concerning other sports; by extension, any information not generally known, especially when coming from an inside source; as, the inside dope.
Dope
An ignorant or stupid person.
Dope
To treat or affect with dope; as, to dope nitroglycerin;
Dope
To judge or guess; to predict the result of, as by the aid of dope.
Dope
To impregnate with a dopant.
Dope
Street names for marijuana
Dope
An ignorant or foolish person
Dope
Carbonated drink flavored with extract from Kola nuts (`dope' is a southernism in the United States)
Dope
Slang terms for inside information;
Is that the straight dope?
Dope
Take drugs to improve one's athletic performance
Dope
Add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties;
The resistors have been doped
Dope
Give a narcotic to;
The athletes were dope by the coach before the race
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