dupe

[ doop, dyoop ]

/ dup, dyup /

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.

Nearby words

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

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 forms

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

Definition for duping (2 of 2)

dupe

[ 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

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Examples from the Web for duping

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Saving Us From Ourselves: The Anti-Clickbait Movement|Emily Shire|July 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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
He fled Palermo after forging theatre tickets and a will, and duping a goldsmith out of sixty pieces of gold.
The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin|Harry Houdini
The friars, being deceived themselves, as it appears, had no difficulty in duping others.
The Two First Centuries of Florentine History|Pasquale Villari

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
I came to these people; I duped them—and gloried in duping them.
The Mystics|Katherine Cecil Thurston

British Dictionary definitions for duping

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

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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