dopenoun
uk/dəʊp/us/doʊp/dope noun (DRUG)
[ U ] informal marijuana, or, more generally, any type of illegal drug:
They were arrested for smoking/selling/buying dope.
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Specific types of drug
- amyl nitrite
- antiretroviral
- blunt
- cisplatin
- coke
- corticosteroid
- designer drug
- downer
- hash
- junk
- marijuana
- methamphetamine
- mickey
- mind-altering
- narcotic
- pep pill
- popper
- skunkweed
- stimulant
- weed
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Drugs - general words
dope noun (PERSON)
[ C ] informal a silly person:
You shouldn't have told him, you dope!
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Stupid and silly people
- a right one idiom
- airhead
- asshole
- berk
- birdbrain
- dolt
- doofus
- dork
- duffer
- dullard
- mouth-breather
- muggins
- muppet
- mutt
- need
- silly billy idiom
- simpleton
- stupid
- thicko
- tosser
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dopeverb [ T ]
uk/dəʊp/us/doʊp/to give a person or an animal drugs in order to make them perform better or worse in a competition:
They were arrested for doping racehorses.
to give a person or an animal a drug to make them want to sleep:
We always have to dope up our cat for long car journeys.
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Drugs - general words
- bong
- chase
- chems
- crank
- detox
- doped up
- gear
- jacked up
- legal high
- OD
- overdose
- peddler
- pop
- snort
- soft
- spliff
- spliff up
- stoned
- trip
- whacked
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dopeadjective
uk/dəʊp//doʊp/slangvery good:
This music is dope.
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Informal words for good
- A-OK
- ace
- amazeballs
- apple pie
- awesomesauce
- badass
- champion
- jim-dandy
- juicy
- killer
- knock
- knock spots off sth idiom
- magic
- rule
- serious
- smashing
- some
- splendiferous
- steal the show/scene idiom
- stupendous
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