doping

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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

doping

2 of 2

present participle of dope entry 2

Examples of doping in a Sentence

Noun

increased efforts to detect doping at the Olympic Games

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Like the medals stripped from an Olympian found guilty of doping, these Emmys must be taken away. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026

Protecting critical supply chains Beyond medicine, the reactor supports modern industry through silicon doping. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026

The arbitration body upheld her four-year doping suspension, which ran from 2021 to 2025. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Marathon world record holder Ruth Chepng'etich is serving a three-year doping ban after joining the many elite-level Kenyan runners suspended over the past decade. — ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

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