Used in a Sentence

dope

How to use dope in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for dope.

Editorial note

"I was amused by the entrapment bit... you've got to be a dope to fall for that.

Examples8
Definitions7
Parts of speech2

Quick take

street names for marijuana

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of dope gathered in one view.

noun

street names for marijuana

noun

an ignorant or foolish person

noun

carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts (`dope' is a southernism in the United States)

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for dope.

noun

street names for marijuana

noun

carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts (`dope' is a southernism in the United States)

noun

slang terms for inside information; "is that the straight dope?"

verb

take drugs to improve one's athletic performance

verb

add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties; "The resistors have been doped"

verb

give a narcotic to; "The athletes were dope by the coach before the race"

Example sentences

1

"I was amused by the entrapment bit... you've got to be a dope to fall for that.

2

Even if its a rope-a-dope its potentially a smart move.

3

So if they really want to play rope-a-dope, Google could use this to get FB and Twitter to give up indexing rights.

4

He probably thought I was a dope, but I still recall that lunch as one of my fondest memories while starting out in the industry.

5

Having worked as an editor in a past life, having something like cherry-pick and interactive rebase would have been most dope.

6

Why do the Baby Boomers have a monopoly on self-serving, harmful policy?What's kind of funny is that a good many of the Boomers were of the peace-and-love dope-smoking hippy '60s.

7

I think of this poor black guy who got recruited into a fake islamic jihad gang and how they gave him a fake bomb and rented a synagogue for him to leave it in and he got jumped by 50 cops on the way out the door, yelling "Allah Akbar"On some level I feel bad for him, but you've got to be a dope to fall for that.

8

They just network with the street criminals and come out super criminals with full cred like Max Vision or the software developer kid here where I live that did a bid for bank fraud, met some gangsters in prison, paroled as a ranking member in their violent dial a dope crew and police have been unable to break up the gang since he joined and took over the comsec and allegedly money laundering for them.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use dope in a sentence?

"I was amused by the entrapment bit... you've got to be a dope to fall for that.

What does dope mean?

street names for marijuana

What part of speech is dope?

dope is commonly used as noun, verb.