dupe
1a person who is easily deceived or fooled; gull.
a person who unquestioningly or unwittingly serves a cause or another person: a dupe of the opponents.
Origin of dupe
1Other words from dupe
- dup·a·ble, adjective
- dup·a·bil·i·ty [doo-puh-bil-i-tee, dyoo-], /ˌdu pəˈbɪl ɪ ti, ˌdyu-/, noun
- dup·er, noun
- un·dup·a·ble, adjective
Other definitions for dupe (2 of 2)
Movies.
a duplicate picture negative used for making additional release prints or for making special effects to be inserted in the release negative.
the procedure for producing such a duplicate.
Television. a duplicate videotape obtained by electronic printing of the original videotape.
Origin of dupe
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How to use dupe in a sentence
In these houses, the trial of skill was marvellous, and it was not uncommon, to see as many dupers as duped at each table.
The Sharper Detected and Exposed | Jean-Eugne Robert-HoudinThe race-ground had its customary compliment of knaves and fools—the dupers and the duped.
Pelham, Complete | Edward Bulwer-LyttonEverywhere, even in the small hamlets and the agricultural districts, the dupes rose against their dupers.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce | Ambrose BierceNot by such credulous selfish natures as his can tricksters be tricked and dupers duped.
London's Heart | B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) FarjeonAnd if we are dupes are we not on that very account dupers also?
Human, All Too Human | Friedrich Nietzsche
British Dictionary definitions for dupe
/ (djuːp) /
a person who is easily deceived
a person who unwittingly serves as the tool of another person or power
(tr) to deceive, esp by trickery; make a dupe or tool of; cheat; fool
Origin of dupe
1Derived forms of dupe
- dupable, adjective
- dupability, noun
- duper, noun
- dupery, noun
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