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dupe

1  [doop, dyoop] noun, verb, duped, dup⋅ing.
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–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.
Origin:
1675–85; < F; MF duppe for *(tête) d'uppe head of hoopoe, i.e., fool (cf tête de fou) < VL *uppa, L upupa hoopoe, a bird thought to be especially stupid; cf. hoopoe

Related forms:
dup⋅a⋅ble, adjective
dup⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
duper, noun

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   (dōōp, dyōōp)   
n.  
  1. An easily deceived person.
  2. A person who functions as the tool of another person or power.
tr.v.   duped, dup·ing, dupes
To deceive (an unwary person). See Synonyms at deceive.

[French, from Old French, probably alteration of huppe, hoopoe (from the bird's stupid appearance); see hoopoe.]
dup'a·bil'i·ty n., dup'a·ble adj., dup'er n.
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Dupe

Dupe\, n. [F., prob. from Prov. F. dupe, dube; of unknown origin; equiv. to F. huppe hoopoe, a foolish bird, easily caught. Cf. Armor. houp['e]rik hoopoe, a man easily deceived. Cf. also Gull, Booby.] One who has been deceived or who is easily deceived; a gull; as, the dupe of a schemer.

Dupe

Dupe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Duped; p. pr. & vb. n. Duping.] [Cf. F. duper, fr. dupe. See Dupe, n.] To deceive; to trick; to mislead by imposing on one's credulity; to gull; as, dupe one by flattery.

Ne'er have I duped him with base counterfeits. -- Coleridge.
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Language Translation for : dupe
Spanish: ingenuo,
German: der, *die Gelackmeierte (sl.),
Japanese: だまされやすい人
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dupe  (n.)
1681, from Fr. dupe "deceived person," from M.Fr. duppe (1426), thieves' jargon, probably from phrase de huppe "of the hoopoe," an extravagantly crested and reputedly stupid bird. Bird name is from L. upupa, imitative of its cry. The verb is from 1704.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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