dupe

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[ 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.

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, adjective dup·a·bil·i·ty, noun dup·er, noun un·dup·a·ble, adjective

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Definition for dupe (2 of 2)

dupe 2
[ doop, dyoop ]
/ dup, dyup /
Informal.

noun

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

Origin of dupe

2
First recorded in 1895–90; by shortening

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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, adjective dupability, noun duper, noun dupery, 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