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

Or perhaps, as with the Eastern Bloc women on anabolic steroids in the 1980s, there’s an as-yet-undetected form of doping that helps women more than men. —Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2024

Sportsmanship purists say that these shoes constitute a form of technological doping. —Bree Iskandar, Scientific American, 25 July 2024

Sinner’s triumph comes against the backdrop of his recent doping case that became public knowledge on August 20 – news that shocked the tennis world. —Jill Martin, CNN, 8 Sep. 2024

Doping Limitations: P-type doping of gallium oxide has proven to be difficult, limiting the types of devices that can be created. —Matthew Putman, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing doping

• blood doping

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