dupe

[ 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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Origin of dupe

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; cf. hoopoe

OTHER WORDS FROM dupe

dup·a·ble, adjectivedup·a·bil·i·ty [doo-puh-bil-i-tee, dyoo-], /ˌdu pəˈbɪl ɪ ti, ˌdyu-/, noundup·er, nounun·dup·a·ble, adjective

Other definitions for dupe (2 of 2)

dupe²

[ doop, dyoop ]

/ dup, dyup /

Informal.

noun

duplicate.

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.

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

to duplicate.

adjective

duplicate.

Origin of dupe

First recorded in 1895–90; by shortening

How to use dupe in a sentence

Later, however, it was revealed that some people who thought they had paid to secure a spot via Eventbrite had been duped.
Without leadership on vaccine rollout, scams are inevitable|Bobbie Johnson|January 6, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Riedl suggests that asking a computer to draw a picture of a man holding a penguin is a better test of smarts than asking a chatbot to dupe a human in conversation, because it is more open-ended and less easy to cheat.
This avocado armchair could be the future of AI|Will Heaven|January 5, 2021|MIT Technology Review
In the lead-up to Halloween, an ad for a singing pumpkin duped many across the country.
Here's How Shopping Scams on Facebook Are Ripping Off Thousands of Customers, With the Money Flowing Overseas|Andrew R. Chow|December 19, 2020|Time
The agency has a complaint page where you can easily report suspicious activity to help others from getting duped.
Scammers Could Be After Your Stimulus Check. Here's How to Avoid Them|Patrick Lucas Austin|April 27, 2020|Time

And this trend of duping and manipulating readers is becoming the unfortunate online news standard.
Saving Us From Ourselves: The Anti-Clickbait Movement|Emily Shire|July 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He had always a taste for the art of duping, and he had begun early in life—soon after leaving Harrow.
The Wits and Beaux of Society|Grace & Philip Wharton
This point Archibald prudently avoided to contest; and he thus succeeded in duping and flattering his friend at once.
Tales And Novels, Volume 1 (of 10)|Maria Edgeworth
The strangest part of this attitude was that they did not succeed in duping themselves by their oaths.
Therese Raquin|Emile Zola
He had never failed before in duping any one he had set out to; why should he in this case?
Pocket Island|Charles Clark Munn
There were, however, not many who succeeded in pleasing or duping both parties for any length of time.
In the Shadow of Death|P. H. Kritzinger and R. D. McDonald

British Dictionary definitions for dupe

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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