dope

dəʊp

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#1·6h ago

(uncountable, aeronautics) Any varnish used to coat a part, such as an airplane wing or a hot-air balloon in order to waterproof, strengthen, etc.

What's the latest dope on the stock market?

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#2·6h ago

(uncountable) Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.

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.

Origin: From , from , from , from , from , from . “Doop” in the sense “narcotic drug” ultimately refers to viscous opium juice, the drug of choice of the ancient Greeks; “insider information” perhaps from knowing which horse had been doped in a race. Sense of "stupid person" perhaps following from the drug sense (i.e. relating to those intoxicated on opium), compare dope up. Related to and . Unrelated to dopamine. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#3·6h ago

(uncountable) An absorbent material used to hold a liquid.

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?

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