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dupe

1   [doop, dyoop] noun, verb, duped, dup·ing.
noun
1.
a person who is easily deceived or fooled; gull.
2.
a person who unquestioningly or unwittingly serves a cause or another person: a dupe of the opponents.
verb (used with object)
3.
to make a dupe of; deceive; delude; trick.

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Origin:
1675–85; < French; Middle French duppe for *(tête) d'uppe head of hoopoe, i.e., fool (compare tête de fou) < Vulgar Latin *uppa, Latin upupa hoopoe, a bird thought to be especially stupid; compare hoopoe

Related forms
dup·a·ble, adjective
dup·a·bil·i·ty, noun
dup·er, noun
un·dup·a·ble, adjective
Example Sentences
  • Now it was hard to know who was a killer and who a mere dupe.
  • The first dupe of the accomplished hypocrite is always himself.
  • Young female red-fronted lemurs adopt male coloration to dupe their aggressive female groupmates, a new study found.
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dupe

2   [doop, dyoop] noun, verb, duped, dup·ing, adjective Informal.
noun
1.
duplicate.
2.
Movies.
a.
a duplicate picture negative used for making additional release prints or for making special effects to be inserted in the release negative.
b.
the procedure for producing such a duplicate.
3.
Television. a duplicate videotape obtained by electronic printing of the original videotape.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
4.
to duplicate.
adjective
5.
duplicate.
Origin:
1895–90; by shortening
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dupe (djuːp)
 
—n
1.  a person who is easily deceived
2.  a person who unwittingly serves as the tool of another person or power
 
—vb
3.  (tr) to deceive, esp by trickery; make a dupe or tool of; cheat; fool
 
[C17: from French, from Old French duppe, contraction of de huppe of (a) hoopoe (from Latin upupa); from the bird's reputation for extreme stupidity]
 
'dupable
 
—adj
 
dupa'bility
 
—n
 
'duper
 
—n
 
'dupery
 
—n

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dupe
1680s, from Fr. dupe "deceived person," from M.Fr. duppe (early 15c.), thieves' jargon, probably from phrase de huppe "of the hoopoe," an extravagantly crested and reputedly stupid bird. The verb is from 1704. Related: Duped.
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Slang Dictionary

dupe definition


  1. n.
    a potential victim of a confidence trick; a patsy. : The crooks found a good dupe and started their scheme.
  2. tv.
    to trick someone; to swindle someone. : I did not try to dupe you. It was an honest mistake.
  3. n.
    a duplicate; a copy. : I've got a dupe in the files.
  4. tv.
    to duplicate something; to copy something. : Just a minute, I have to dupe a contract for the boss.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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