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English word doping comes from English landlubber, English dope

landlubber (English)

(nautical, pejorative) Someone unfamiliar with the sea or seamanship, especially a novice seaman.

dope (English)

(slang) Amazing. (slang) To use drugs; especially, to use prohibited performance-enhancing drugs in sporting competitions.. (slang, transitive, dated) To judge or guess; to predict the result of.. (transitive) To treat with dope (lubricant, etc.).. (transitive, electronics) To add a dopant such as arsenic to (a pure semiconductor such as silicon).. (transitive, slang) To affect with drugs. [...]

doping (English)

The addition of small quantities of an element (a dopant) to a semiconductor to change its characteristics.. The use of drugs to improve athletic performance.

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