adjective
Music Slang
Dope
/doʊp/ · adjective · slang
Excellent, top quality, the highest grade, flipped from drug slang into pure praise.
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Definitions
1
Excellent, outstanding, or of the highest quality, used as strong praise.
“That beat is dope, the drums hit so hard.”
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2
Impressive or admirable in style, skill, or execution.
“She has a dope flow, real smooth and original.”
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3
An exclamation affirming something is great.
“You got front-row tickets? Dope!”
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Dope In A Sentence
His graffiti piece was dope, cleanest letters in the yard.
We caught a dope show last night, best all year.
Those are some dope kicks, custom too.
Origin & Usage
An 80s hip-hop reclamation of 'dope', a word once meaning drugs, flipped to mean excellent in the same tradition that turned 'ill' and 'bad' into praise.
People Also Ask
What does dope mean in slang?
As hip-hop praise it means excellent, high quality, or impressive, despite the word's older drug meaning.
Where did dope come from?
From 80s hip-hop, which flipped 'dope' from its drug sense into a compliment, following the same pattern as 'ill' and 'bad'.
Is calling something dope an insult?
No, in slang it's a strong compliment meaning excellent or cool.
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