dope

Definition

  • noun: an illegal drug (such as marijuana or heroin)
  • noun: a thick liquid or pasty preparation
  • verb: to give a drug to (a person or animal) especially to cause unconsciousness
  • verb: to treat or affect with dope
  • often used as '(be) doped'
  • synonyms: drug, fool

Examples

  • The magazine claims to have 'the inside dope' [=information known only by those involved] on her new romance.

  • What's 'the dope' [='skinny, scoop'] on the new guy? [=what do you know about him?]

  • She began to feel sleepy and suspected that her drink had 'been doped'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - Can I give you some money? - No. Just get out of here. No, man. I'll take care of it. Go ahead. That's the fifth motherf$cker this year. You wanna buy that little dope? We are, all of us... Hey, cabbie, you can't park here. Come on, let's go. Move it. Damn! Goddamn! (..)
    1976 Taxi Driver
  • (..) $. $ for the magnum, $ for the.... $ for the., $ for the.. You take this and wait here. I'll walk down with you. How about dope? Grass, hash, coke... mescaline, downers, Nembutal, toluol, chloral hydrates? - How about uppers, amphetamines? - I'm not interested in that stuff. (..)
    1976 Taxi Driver