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doping

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈdoʊpɪŋ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The use of drugs to improve athletic performance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cheating

2

noun

Meaning 2

The addition of small quantities of an element (a dopant) to a semiconductor to change its characteristics.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The applying of dope to a substrate such as airplane fabric, or the coating thus produced.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: coating

4

verb

Meaning 4

present participle and gerund of dope

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From dope + -ing.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: dopatge — use of drugs to improve athletic performance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 興奮劑 /兴奋剂 (xīngfènjì) — use of drugs to improve athletic performance
  • Czech: doping — use of drugs to improve athletic performance
  • Czech: dopink — use of drugs to improve athletic performance
  • Dutch: doping — use of drugs to improve athletic performance
  • Finnish: doping — use of drugs to improve athletic performance
  • French: dopage — use of drugs to improve athletic performance
  • French: doping — use of drugs to improve athletic performance
  • German: Doping — use of drugs to improve athletic performance
  • Greenlandic: doping — use of drugs to improve athletic performance
  • Hungarian: dopping — use of drugs to improve athletic performance
  • Hungarian: doppingolás — use of drugs to improve athletic performance
  • Hungarian: doppinghasználat — use of drugs to improve athletic performance
  • Italian: drogaggio — use of drugs to improve athletic performance
  • Italian: doping — use of drugs to improve athletic performance
  • Japanese: ドーピング (dōpingu) — use of drugs to improve athletic performance
  • Korean: 도핑 (doping) — use of drugs to improve athletic performance
  • Polish: doping — use of drugs to improve athletic performance
  • Portuguese: doping — use of drugs to improve athletic performance
  • Portuguese: dopagem — use of drugs to improve athletic performance
  • Russian: до́пинг (dóping) — use of drugs to improve athletic performance
  • Spanish: doping — use of drugs to improve athletic performance
  • Spanish: dopaje — use of drugs to improve athletic performance
  • Swedish: doping — use of drugs to improve athletic performance
  • Turkish: doping — use of drugs to improve athletic performance
  • Vietnamese: dùng thuốc kích thích — use of drugs to improve athletic performance
  • Dutch: dotering — addition of small quantities of an element to a semiconductor
  • Finnish: douppaus — addition of small quantities of an element to a semiconductor
  • French: dopage — addition of small quantities of an element to a semiconductor
  • German: Dotierung — addition of small quantities of an element to a semiconductor
  • Italian: drogaggio — addition of small quantities of an element to a semiconductor
  • Japanese: ドーパント (dōpanto) — addition of small quantities of an element to a semiconductor
  • Portuguese: doping — addition of small quantities of an element to a semiconductor
  • Russian: леги́рование (legírovanije) — addition of small quantities of an element to a semiconductor
  • Swedish: dopning — addition of small quantities of an element to a semiconductor
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