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dupe
/duːp/
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What does dupe mean?
noun
- A person who has been deceived.
- (informal) A duplicate of a photographic image.
verb
- To swindle, deceive, or trick.
More meanings (6)
noun
- (informal) A duplicate of an order receipt printed for kitchen staff.
- (informal) A word which appears more than once in a crossword puzzle.
- (informal) A counterfeit; a fake, a (typically cheaper) copy (of some legitimate consumer product, design, etc).
- An unanticipated method or incident by which duplicates of in-game items are created; a duplication glitch.
- An in-game item that was created by means of a duplication glitch.
verb
- To duplicate.
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IPA pronunciation
/duːp/
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The confiding, if willing, dupe of aristocratic impecuniosity, Derues was a past master of the art of duping others.
He looked rather foolish at this answer, and then attempted to correct himself so as not to appear a dupe.
More book examples (3)
She added that her dupe was quite disposed to make another venture, by which she hoped to retrieve her former loss.
James I., ever the dupe of Spanish cunning, contributed not a little, by his foolish intermeddling, to promote the Emperor's schemes.
If you be not disposed to play, be either a sharper or a dupe, you cannot be admitted a second time to their assemblies.