dupe

[doop, dyoop]

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.

Origin of dupe

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

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

dupe

[doop, dyoop]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

First recorded in 1895–90; by shortening

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Related Words for duping

patsy, baffle, victimize, cheat, swindle, bamboozle, mislead, betray, deceive, hoodwink, defraud, delude, fool, sucker, fish, mark, victim, butt, chump, sap

Examples from the Web for duping

Contemporary Examples of duping

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

Historical Examples of duping

I came to these people; I duped them—and gloried in duping them.
The Mystics
Katherine Cecil Thurston
After duping others, she at length had become a greater dupe.
Tales And Novels, Volume 2 (of 10)
Maria Edgeworth
This proposal, cleverly conceived, but foolishly communicated to me, shewed me that Veronique had not the talent of duping others.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
His name and his money, therefore, are mere tools in the hands of those who are duping him.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
That you have simply been deceiving me, duping me—most cleverly as you thought, most foolishly as you will see.
A Fair Mystery
Bertha M. Clay

British Dictionary definitions for duping

dupe

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 Formsdupable, 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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Word Origin and History for duping

dupe

1680s, from French dupe "deceived person," from Middle French duppe (early 15c.), thieves' jargon, perhaps from phrase de huppe "of the hoopoe," an extravagantly crested and reputedly stupid bird.

dupe

1704, from dupe (n.). Related: Duped; duping.