dope vs yo-yo

dope

noun
  • A stupid person. 

  • Any varnish used to coat a part, such as an airplane wing or a hot-air balloon in order to waterproof, strengthen, etc. 

  • Any illicit or narcotic drug that produces euphoria or satisfies an addiction; particularly heroin. 

  • An absorbent material used to hold a liquid. 

  • Information, usually from an inside source, originally in horse racing and other sports. 

  • Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface. 

  • Dessert topping. 

  • Ballistic data on previously fired rounds, used to calculate the required hold over a target. 

verb
  • To affect with drugs. 

  • To use drugs; especially, to use prohibited performance-enhancing drugs in sporting competitions. 

  • To treat with dope (lubricant, etc.). 

  • To add a dopant such as arsenic to (a pure semiconductor such as silicon). 

adj
  • Amazing; cool. 

yo-yo

noun
  • A foolish, annoying or incompetent person. 

  • A toy consisting of a spheroidal or cylindrical spindle having a circular groove in which string is wound; it is used by holding the string in the fingers and reeling the spindle up and down by movements of the wrist. 

  • A cloth rosette formed by gathering the outside edge of a circle of fabric in toward the centre using a running stitch. 

  • Someone who vacillates. 

  • A dogfighting maneuver involving the attacker temporarily exchanging altitude for airspeed, or vice versa, in order to rapidly catch up with the defender or to prevent an overshoot. 

  • A volatile market that moves up and down. 

verb
  • To vacillate; to move up and down. 

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