FromFrench duper , fromMiddle French duppe , alteration ofhuppe ( “ hoopoe ” ) , fromLatin ,onomatopoeic .
dupe (plural dupes )
Aperson who has beendeceived .Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dupe 1991 August 31, Sonia de Vries, “The Real Enemies Of Humanity Are Here At Home”, inGay Community News , volume19 , number 7, page 4:I am responding to Allen Young's letter to the editor concerning two articles I wrote forGCN about my experiences in Cuba. The gist of Mr. Young's letter is that I am a commiedupe and the Cubans who shared there opinions and experiences with me were simply lying.
deceived person
Arabic:please add this translation if you can Bulgarian:лековерник m ( lekovernik ) ,будала (bg) m ( budala ) Chinese:Mandarin:please add this translation if you can Czech:napálený m ,oklamaný m ,podvedený m Dutch:gedupeerde (nl) m or f ,bedrogene (nl) m or f Esperanto:trompito ,trompato Finnish:houkka (fi) Greek:κορόιδο (el) n ( koróido ) ,αγαθιάρης (el) m ( agathiáris ) Hebrew:פראייר (he) m ( frayer ) Hungarian:balek (hu) ,palimadár (hu) Ido:dupo (io) Polish:naiwniak (pl) m ,naiwniaczka (pl) f ,naiwniaczek (pl) m Portuguese:ludibriado (pt) m Russian:простофи́ля (ru) m or f ( prostofílja ) ,несообрази́тельный челове́к m ( nesoobrazítelʹnyj čelovék ) ,жертва́ обма́на f ( žertvá obmána ) ,( partly ) легкове́рный челове́к m ( lexkovérnyj čelovék ) ,фра́ер (ru) m ( frájer ) ( slang ) ,дурачок (ru) ( duračok ) ,лох (ru) m ( lox ) Spanish:incauto (es) ,engrupido (es) ,engañado (es) m Yiddish:יאָלד m ( yold )
dupe (third-person singular simple present dupes ,present participle duping ,simple past and past participle duped )
Toswindle ,deceive , ortrick . to swindle, deceive, or trick
Afrikaans:bedrieg (af) Arabic:يخدع Bulgarian:мамя (bg) ( mamja ) ,измамвам (bg) ( izmamvam ) Catalan:enganyar (ca) ,estafar (ca) Chinese:Mandarin:欺騙 / 欺骗 (zh) ( qīpiàn ) ,騙 / 骗 (zh) ( piàn ) Czech:oklamat (cs) ,napálit (cs) Dutch:duperen (nl) ,belazeren (nl) Esperanto:trompi ,dupi Finnish:puijata (fi) ,höynäyttää (fi) ,narrata (fi) French:duper (fr) Galician:enfoumar (gl) ,enganar (gl) German:überlisten (de) ,übertölpeln (de) Greek:κοροϊδεύω (el) ( koroïdévo ) ,εξαπατώ (el) ( exapató ) Hungarian:rászed (hu) ,becsap (hu) ,átvág (hu) ,palira vesz Ido:dupigar (io) Indonesian:menipu (id) ,mengakali (id) ,membodohi (id) ,memperdaya (id) Italian:imbrogliare (it) ,truffare (it) Japanese:騙す (ja) ( だます, damasu ) Latin:dolum facio ,fraudo Norwegian:dupere Polish:oszukiwać (pl) Portuguese:enganar (pt) ,defraudar (pt) Russian:обма́нывать (ru) impf ( obmányvatʹ ) ,одура́чивать (ru) impf ( oduráčivatʹ ) ,вводи́ть в заблужде́ние (ru) impf ( vvodítʹ v zabluždénije ) ,( partly ) ловчи́ть (ru) impf ( lovčítʹ ) ,( informal ) надува́ть (ru) impf ( naduvátʹ ) ,( informal ) разводи́ть (ru) impf ( razvodítʹ ) ,( informal ) кида́ть (ru) impf ( kidátʹ ) Slovak:podviesť ,oklamať Spanish:engañar (es) Swedish:dupera (sv) ,lura (sv) Turkish:aldatmak (tr) ,kandırmak (tr) ,keklemek ( slang ) ,söğüşlemek (tr) ( slang ) Vietnamese:lừa gạt (vi)
Clipping ofduplicate .
dupe (plural dupes )
( informal ) Aduplicate . Often:( photography ) A duplicate of a photographic image.( food service, hospitality ) A duplicate of an order receipt printed for kitchen staff.( informal , TikTok) Acounterfeit ; afake .2020 March 1, Megan Graham, “TikTok teens are obsessed with fake luxury products”, inCNBC [1] :TikTok could potentially be liable if lots of users are directing other users to the sales ofdupes , she said, and she said if users have an affiliate relationship with the sellers of counterfeit goods, they could also potentially be liable.
( informal , by extension) A cheap consumer product intended to imitate a more expensive product.2023 February 21, Daisy Lester, “Revolution has launched a £10 alternative to Charlotte Tilbury’s £65 magic serum”, inThe Independent [2] :Thedupe lived up to expectation in our head-to-head review, where we concluded that Revolution’s affordable formula is a “perfectly worthy alternative that won’t see you digging too deep into your pocket.”
dupe (third-person singular simple present dupes ,present participle duping ,simple past and past participle duped )
( transitive ) Toduplicate .Synonyms: double ;see also Thesaurus:duplicate Antonyms: dedupe ,halve Can youdupe this photo for me?
2018 ,Richard Powers ,The Overstory , Vintage (2019), page379 :That night, a shaken camera operatordupes the tape and leaks a copy to the press.
dupe
ghost Borrowed fromFrench dupe , fromMiddle French [Term?] .
IPA (key ) : /ˈdypə/ Hyphenation:du‧pe dupe m (plural dupes )
victim Synonym: slachtoffer dupe f (plural dupes )
a person who has been deceivedêtredupe ―to be taken in, be fooled, be duped A negative polarity item, very often found in the constructionne pas être dupe . dupe
inflection ofduper : first / third-person singular present indicative / subjunctive second-person singular imperative Inherited fromProto-Slavic *dupę .
dȕpe n (Cyrillic spelling ду̏пе ,diminutive dupénce )
( mildly vulgar ) ass Synonym: gùzica Imaš l(ij)epodupe . ―You have a niceass . ( mildly vulgar , derogatory ) ass ,jerk ,dipshit ; anannoying ,contemptible ,obnoxious personMay be construed as endearing rather than vulgar when used by a romantic couple.
“dupe ”, inHrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal ] (in Serbo-Croatian),2006–2025 dupe
( transitive ) tothrow away ( transitive ) todrop (ananchor )Clemens Voorhoeve (1982 )The Makian languages and their neighbours [3] , Pacific linguistics