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Definitions for Dupe

[1] a person who is easily deceived or fooled; gull.
[2] a person who unquestioningly or unwittingly serves a cause or another person: a dupe of the opponents.
[3] to make a dupe of; deceive; delude; trick.
[4] duplicate.
[5] 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.
[6] Television . a duplicate videotape obtained by electronic printing of the original videotape.
[7] to duplicate.
[8] duplicate.
[9] a person who is easily deceived
[10] a person who unwittingly serves as the tool of another person or power
[11] (tr) to deceive, esp by trickery; make a dupe or tool of; cheat; fool

Words related to Dupe

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

Words nearby Dupe

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

Origin of Dupe

2First recorded in 1895–90; by shortening

Other words from Dupe

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

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

Synonyms for Dupe

patsy, sitting duck, butt, chump, fish, fool, mark, pigeon, pushover, sap, sucker, victim, easy mark