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[ doop, dyoop ]
/ dup, dyup /
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noun

a 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.

verb (used with object), duped, dup·ing.

to make a dupe of; deceive; delude; trick.

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Words related to dupe

baffle, victimize, cheat, swindle, bamboozle, mislead, betray, deceive, hoodwink, defraud, delude, flimflam, hoax, rook, shaft, hornswoggle, outwit, gull, overreach, trick

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duotype, dup, dup., duparc, dupatta, dupe, dupery, dupion, duplation, duple, duple rhythm

Origin of dupe

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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

OTHER WORDS FROM dupe

dup·a·ble, adjectivedup·a·bil·i·ty, noundup·er, nounun·dup·a·ble, adjective

Definition for duped (2 of 2)

dupe2
[ doop, dyoop ]
/ dup, dyup /
Informal.

noun

duplicate.
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.
Television. a duplicate videotape obtained by electronic printing of the original videotape.

verb (used with or without object), duped, dup·ing.

to duplicate.

adjective

duplicate.

Origin of dupe

2
First recorded in 1895–90; by shortening
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British Dictionary definitions for duped

dupe
/ (djuːp) /

noun

a person who is easily deceived
a person who unwittingly serves as the tool of another person or power

verb

(tr) to deceive, esp by trickery; make a dupe or tool of; cheat; fool

Derived forms of dupe

dupable, adjectivedupability, nounduper, noundupery, noun

Word Origin for dupe

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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