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   Dope (dōp), n. [D. doop a dipping, fr. doopen to dip. Cf. Dip.]
   1. Any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as of opium for medicinal purposes, of grease for a lubricant, etc.
   
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   2.  Any preparation, as of opium, used to stupefy or, in the case of a race horse, to stimulate. [Slang or Cant]
   
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   3.  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.
   
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   4.  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”. [Sporting Slang]
   
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   5. an ignorant or stupid person. [Colloq.]
   
   [PJC]
   
   get the dope on learn the true story; get the inside information.
   
   
         
       

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   Dope, v. t.
   1. To treat or affect with dope; as, “to dope nitroglycerin”; specif.: (a) To give stupefying drugs to; to drug. [Slang] (b) To administer a stimulant to (a horse) to increase his speed. It is a serious offense against the laws of racing. [Race-track Slang]
   
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   2.  To judge or guess; to predict the result of, as by the aid of dope. [Slang]
   
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   3.  to impregnate with a dopant.
   
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