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dupe

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dupe

1  [doop, dyoop] noun, verb, duped, dup⋅ing.
Use dupe in a Sentence
–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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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
dupe

  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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Word Origin & History

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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