Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

doping

/ˈdoʊpɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.47 in modern English

Syllables: dop-ing
IPA: /ˈdoʊpɪŋ/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of dope

noun

The use of drugs to improve athletic performance.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Dutch doopbor. English dope English -ing English doping From dope + -ing.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈdoʊpɪŋ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

dopings (plural)

Derived Forms

bidoping codoping dedoping monodoping outdoping overdoping photodoping tridoping underdoping undoping

Phrases

anti-doping doping out financial doping link doping

Frequently Paired Words

PED

Questions

How do you pronounce doping?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdoʊpɪŋ/.
What does doping mean?: present participle and gerund of dope
Where does doping come from?: Etymology tree Dutch doopbor. English dope English -ing English doping From dope + -ing.

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