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

The four-year ban is analogous with the maximum punishment for intentional doping. — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 24 June 2026

Too little, as with Tyler Hamilton’s doping, erodes through small rationalizations. — Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

Jacobs helped two-time Grand Slam singles champion Simona Halep win an appeal case in 2024 at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against a four-year ban for doping. — Andrew Dampf, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026

Jacobs helped two-time Grand Slam singles champion Halep win an appeal case in 2024 at CAS against a four-year ban for doping. — ABC News, 22 June 2026

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