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 concept of doping isn’t much of a thing in pursuits other than sports. — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 13 July 2026

Even as these exhilarating talents have reenergized the game and risen above their peers, they’ve been brought low by injuries, doping scandals, and self-doubt. — Josh Levin, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026

World Athletics' original doping suspension was lifted in 2023. — ABC News, 9 July 2026

But even as Russia's RUSADA anti-doping agency has taken steps to clean up Russian sport, Kremlin officials have always dismissed the doping charges as groundless. — Charles Maynes, NPR, 8 July 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