doper

doper

See also: döper and døper

English

Etymology 1

    From dope (verb) + -er.

    Noun

    doper (plural dopers)

    1. (derogatory) One who uses performance enhancing substances for competitive gain, especially illegally.
      • 2003: Sam "I can't even explain what I'm feeling right now," says CLark in rec.skiing.snowboard
        Would you care to point to some proof other than the Canuck's positive back in Nagano? If you are using that as a basis then all sports would be riddled with "dopers" especially XC skiing.
      • 2006, Matt Seaton, Tour de farce, Guardian Unlimited:
        ...the testers are always in a race with the dopers and usually playing catch-up.
    2. (derogatory) One who frequently uses recreational drugs; a druggie; a stoner.
      • 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow, 1st US edition, New York: Viking Press, →ISBN, part 3: In the Zone, page 375:
        That crafty old doper breaks out a "stick" of "tea" and they sit in the sun handing it back and forth, offering the waiter a hit...
      • 2003: Lt. John Hadily, ICE DESTROYS LIVES-TPD DOPERS IN DENIAL in talk.politics.drugs
        I will keep posting the fact that if you possess drugs where I am employed and you are caught I'll throw your sorry ass in a cage where the dopers belong.
      • 2006:, Anthony Cormier, Father: 'We're here to find her body', HeradTribune.com
        Tamara Toy was a blue-eyed daughter of a preacher, growing up good and God-fearing but eventually getting lost along the way, falling in with dopers and felons and a petty crook who stole her heart.
    3. (dated) A person employed to apply dope solution during aircraft manufacture.
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

      From dope (adjective) + -er.

      Adjective

      doper

      1. comparative form of dope: more dope

      Anagrams

      Czech

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): [ˈdopɛr]

      Verb

      doper

      1. second-person singular imperative of doprat

      Dutch

      Etymology

      From Middle Dutch dôpere, from Old Dutch dōperi. Equivalent to dopen +‎ -er.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈdoː.pər/
      • Audio:(file)
      • Hyphenation: do‧per
      • Rhymes: -oːpər

      Noun

      doper m (plural dopers, no diminutive)

      1. baptiser, one who baptises
      2. (historical) Anabaptist [from 16th c.]
        Synonyms: anabaptist, doperse, herdoper, wederdoper

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      Derived terms

      Descendants

      • Negerhollands: dooper

      See also

      French

      Etymology

        Borrowed from English dope.

        Pronunciation

        Verb

        doper

        1. to dope; to do doping
        2. to boost (one's performance by doping)

        Conjugation

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