English Explanatory Dictionary

dupe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who has been deceived.
verb
  1. To swindle, deceive, or trick.
noun
  1. A duplicate. Often:
  2. A duplicate of a photographic image.
  3. A duplicate of an order receipt printed for kitchen staff.
  4. A counterfeit; a fake.
  5. A cheap consumer product intended to imitate a more expensive product.
  6. A word which appears more than once in a crossword puzzle.
  7. An unanticipated method or incident by which duplicates of in-game items are created; a duplication glitch.
  8. An in-game item that was created by means of a duplication glitch.
verb
  1. To duplicate.

Pronunciation

/dʒuːp/ /djuːp/ /duːp/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dupe.wav

Word forms

dupe dupes duping duped

Etymology

From French duper, from Middle French duppe, alteration of huppe (“hoopoe”), from Latin, onomatopoeic.

Synonyms

chump chumpion cousin cull cully dupe dotterel easy mark fall guy fish gudgeon gull juggins live one mark mug muggins pigeon rube sap saphead schlemiel sheep simp Simple Simon soft touch steamer stiff stooge sucker double duplicate facsimilize

Antonyms

dedupe halve

Related words

patsy scapegoat taking the fall beginner naive deceiver dupery

Derived words

dupability dupable undupe dedupe slash dupe
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