doping

noun

dop·​ing ˈdō-piŋ 

: the use of a substance (such as an anabolic steroid or erythropoietin) or technique (such as blood doping) to illegally improve athletic performance

Examples of doping in a Sentence

increased efforts to detect doping at the Olympic Games

Recent Examples on the Web

In late 2023, Bahrain was hit with doping charges following an 18-month investigation by World Athletics, and was limited to a team of 10 athletes for track and field events at the last Olympics and the forthcoming world championships. —Liam Tharme, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025

Sinner is enjoying a season for the ages, despite his three-month doping ban in the middle of it. —Ben Morse, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025

Special doping agents boosted its performance further. —Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025

In June 2012, the USADA accused Armstrong of using, possessing and trafficking PEDs and covering up doping violations. —Emily Krauser, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing doping

• blood doping

Rhymes for doping

• coping
• groping
• hoping
• loping
• moping
• oping
• roping
• scoping
• sloping
• stoping

Medical Definition

doping

noun

dop·​ing ˈdō-piŋ 

: the use of a substance (such as an anabolic steroid or erythropoietin) or technique (such as blood doping) to improve athletic performance and that is typically banned in competitive sports

… nearly two dozen athletes … have been banned from the Olympics in the last two weeks for doping violations.

—Philip Hersh, The Chicago Tribune