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dupe

1

[ doop, dyoop ]

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)

duped, duping.
  1. to make a dupe of; deceive; delude; trick.

dupe

2

[ doop, dyoop ]

noun

  1. Movies.
    1. a duplicate picture negative used for making additional release prints or for making special effects to be inserted in the release negative.
    2. the procedure for producing such a duplicate.
  2. Television. a duplicate videotape obtained by electronic printing of the original videotape.

verb (used with or without object)

duped, duping.

adjective

dupe

/ ː /

noun

  1. a person who is easily deceived
  2. a person who unwittingly serves as the tool of another person or power
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to deceive, esp by trickery; make a dupe or tool of; cheat; fool
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܱ貹, adjective
  • ˌܱ貹ˈٲ, noun
  • ˈܱ, noun
  • ˈܱ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ܱ·· adjective
  • ܱ····ٲ [doo-p, uh, -, bil, -i-tee, dyoo-], noun
  • ܱ· noun
  • un·ܱ·· adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dupe1

First recorded in 1675–85; from French; Middle French duppe for unattested tête d'uppe “head of hoopoe,” i.e., “fool” (compare tête de fou ), from unattested Vulgar Latin uppa, Latin upupa “hoopoe,” a bird thought to be especially stupid; hoopoe

Origin of dupe2

First recorded in 1895–90; by shortening
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dupe1

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
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Example Sentences

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Such voices tend to believe that anyone who would trust Trump’s promises of free money are dumb, dupes, rubes and/or easy marks.

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Those who attended the three-day event complained they were duped into false advertising and demanded refunds.

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"But if it's £39 a month, what if there's a million people being duped?"

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TikTok, one particularly problematic Chinese export, is mental fentanyl designed to addict the Western masses and dupe them into poisonous ideologies — and Communist Party spyware, to boot.

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Now, after two and a half months of court testimony, a jury must decide whether the dead man’s wife, Monica Sementilli, orchestrated his murder, or was duped by her jealous lover.

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