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Dope vs. Dop — What's the Difference?

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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