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Webster 1913 Edition


Dupe

Dupe

(dūp)
,
Noun.
[F., prob. from Prov. F.
dupe
,
dube
; of unknown origin; equiv. to F.
huppe
hoopoe, a foolish bird, easily caught. Cf. Armor.
houpérik
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

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Duped
(dūpt)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Duping
.]
[Cf. F.
duper
, fr.
dupe
. See
Dupe
,
Noun.
]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dupe

DUPE

,
Noun.
[See the verb.] A person who is deceived; or one easily led astray by his credulity; as the dupe of a party.

DUPE

,
Verb.
T.
To deceive; to trick; to mislead by imposing on ones credulity; as, to be duped by flattery.

Definition 2024


dupe

dupe

See also: dupé and düpe

English

Noun

dupe (plural dupes)

  1. A person who has been deceived.
Synonyms
  • See also Wikisaurus:dupe
Related terms
Translations

Verb

dupe (third-person singular simple present dupes, present participle duping, simple past and past participle duped)

  1. To swindle, deceive, or trick.
Translations

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of duplicate

Noun

dupe (plural dupes)

  1. (photography) A duplicate of a photographic image.
  2. (restaurant industry) A duplicate of an order receipt printed for kitchen staff.
  3. (informal) A duplicate.

Verb

dupe (third-person singular simple present dupes, present participle duping, simple past and past participle duped)

  1. (transitive) To duplicate.
    Can you dupe this photo for me?

Antonyms


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dyp/
  • (Quebec) IPA(key): /dzʏp/

Verb

dupe

  1. first-person singular present indicative of duper
  2. third-person singular present indicative of duper
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of duper
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of duper
  5. second-person singular imperative of duper

Noun

dupe f (plural dupes)

  1. A person who has been deceived, see dupe.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dupę

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dûpe/

Noun

dȕpe n (Cyrillic spelling ду̏пе)

  1. (vulgar) ass
    Imaš lepo dupe.
    You have a nice ass.

Declension

Synonyms