dope
Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
Other meanings
An absorbent material used to hold a liquid.
Any varnish used to coat a part, such as an airplane wing or a hot-air balloon in order to waterproof, strengthen, etc.
Related words
- antidope
- dedope
- dopehead
- dopesauce
- dopester
- dopey
- photodope
- Trudope
- dope book
- dope fiend
- dope house
- dope man
Word history
From Middle Dutch "dopen".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “dope” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.