Pointer and Dope

noun

• A mark to indicate a direction or relation.
  • synonyms: arrow
• An indicator as on a dial.
• Computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions.
  • synonyms: cursor
• A strong slender smooth-haired dog of Spanish origin having a white coat with brown or black patches; scents out and points to game.
  • synonyms: Spanish pointer

• (n.) The two stars (Merak and Dubhe) in the Great Bear, the line between which points nearly in the direction of the north star.
• (n.) One who or that which, points.
• (n.) The hand of a timepiece.
• (n.) Diagonal braces sometimes fixed across the hold.
• (n.) One of a breed of dogs trained to stop at scent of game, and with the nose point it out to sportsmen.

noun

• Street names for marijuana.
  • synonyms: pot, grass, green goddess, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane
• An ignorant or foolish person.
  • synonyms: dumbbell, dummy, boob, booby, pinhead
• Carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts (`dope' is a southernism in the United States.
  • synonyms: cola
• Slang terms for inside information.
  • usage: "is that the straight dope"
  • synonyms: poop, the skinny, low-down

verb

• Take drugs to improve one's athletic performance.
• Add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties.
  • usage: "The resistors have been doped"
• Give a narcotic to.
  • usage: "The athletes were dope by the coach before the race"
  • synonyms: dope up

• (v.t.) To treat or affect with dope; as, to dope nitroglycerin;.
• (v.t.) To administer a stimulant to (a horse) to increase his speed. It is a serious offense against the laws of racing.
• (n.) Any preparation, as of opium, used to stupefy or, in the case of a race horse, to stimulate.
• (n.) Information concerning the previous performances of race horses or other facts concerning them which may be of assistance in judging of their chances of winning future races; sometimes, similar information concerning other sports.
• (v.t.) To judge or guess; to predict the result of, as by the aid of dope.
• (v.t.) To give stupefying drugs to; to drug.
• (n.) An absorbent material; especially, in high explosives, the sawdust, infusorial earth, mica, etc., mixed with nitroglycerin to make a damp powder (dynamite, etc.) less dangerous to transport, and ordinarily explosive only by suitable fulminating caps.
• (n.) Any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as of opium for medicinal purposes, of grease for a lubricant, etc.