No brainiac (4 letters)

{ Answer }

DOPE

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{ Tags }

brainiac, dimwit, dope, dummy, fool, gentleman, idiot, info, inside, kind, know, lamebrain, lunkhead, ninny, no, nothing, out, skinny, slang, song, 1947

{ Notes }

The answer DOPE is common and appears about once every 225 puzzles.

{ Definition }

DOPE as a noun:

1. (pot, grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane) = street names for marijuana

2. (dumbbell, dummy, dope, boob, booby, pinhead) = an ignorant or foolish person

3. (cola, dope) = carbonated drink flavored with extract from Kola nuts (`dope' is a southernism in the United States)

4. (dope, poop, the skinny, low-down) = slang terms for inside information; "is that the straight dope?"

DOPE as a verb:

1. take drugs to improve one's athletic performance

2. add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties; "The resistors have been doped"

3. (dope, dope up) = give a narcotic to; "The athletes were dope by the coach before the race"