doping

Meaning of doping

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. administer drugs to (a racehorse, greyhound, or athlete) in order to inhibit or enhance sporting performance.
    the horse was doped before the race
  2. smear or cover with varnish or other thick liquid.
    she doped the surface with photographic emulsion
  3. add an impurity to (a semiconductor) to produce a desired electrical characteristic.

early 19th century (in the sense ‘thick liquid’): from Dutch doop ‘sauce’, from doopen ‘to dip, mix’.

Information about doping

Hyphenation of doping

dop-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • doping is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

doping synonyms

Meaning administer a drug to (someone) in order to induce stupor or insensibility:

drug

Meaning (of a disease, injury, or accident) limit (someone) in their movements, senses, or activities:

disable

Meaning make (someone) unable to think or feel properly:

stupefy

Meaning calm, dignified, and unhurried:

sedate

Meaning make (someone) unable to think clearly:

befuddle

Meaning make (someone) drunk; intoxicate:

inebriate

Meaning (of alcoholic drink or a drug) cause (someone) to lose control of their faculties or behaviour:

intoxicate

Meaning affect with or as if with a narcotic drug:

narcotize

Meaning prevent from functioning in a normal way:

incapacitate

Meaning make or become weaker in power, resolve, or physical strength:

weaken

Meaning administer an anaesthetic to (a person or animal), especially so as to induce a loss of consciousness:

anaesthetize

Meaning tamper with (a racehorse or greyhound) to prevent it from winning a race, especially by giving it a drug:

nobble

Translation of doping

Anagrams of doping

pongid

Words that rhyme with doping

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