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doping

noun

  1. use of a drug to improve athletic performance
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈdoʊpɪŋ/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English dope English -ing English doping From dope + -ing.

  1. The use of drugs to improve athletic performance.
  2. The addition of small quantities of an element (a dopant) to a semiconductor to change its characteristics.
  3. The applying of dope to a substrate such as airplane fabric, or the coating thus produced.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree English dope English -ing English doping From dope + -ing.

  1. present participle and gerund of dope