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.
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; cf. hoopoe

Related forms
dup·a·ble, adjective
dup·a·bil·i·ty, noun
dup·er, noun
un·dup·a·ble, adjective
00:10
Dupe is a GRE word you need to know.
So is inundate. Does it mean:
to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge.
the utterance of a curse.
LEARN MORE GRE WORDS WITH WORD DYNAMO...
Dictionary.com Unabridged

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

Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source Link To dupe
Collins
World English Dictionary
dupe (djuːp) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
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.
Cite This Source
Example sentences
It rushes desperately to establish that she is really the good-hearted dupe of
  her unscrupulous bosses.
Many of those bills were amateur efforts run off on color copiers that might
  dupe only a gullible souvenir shop.
The first dupe of the accomplished hypocrite is always himself.
The alternative version paints her as a dupe-someone whose well-meaning efforts
  have only poured fuel on the fire.
Partners:WordBloglinesCitysearchThe Daily BeastAsk AnswersAsk KidsLife123SendoriHome Advisor
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
About PRIVACY POLICY Terms API Careers Advertise with Us Contact Us Suggest a Word Help
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT