dupe
English
editPronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /djuːp/, (yod-coalescence) /dʒuːp/
- (US) IPA(key): /duːp/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -uːp
- Hyphenation: dupe
Etymology 1
editFrom French duper, from Middle French duppe, alteration of huppe (“hoopoe”), from Latin, onomatopoeic.
Noun
editdupe (plural dupes)
- A person who has been deceived.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dupe
- 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter 55, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:
- It would vex me, indeed, to see you again the dupe of Miss Bingley's pretended regard.
- 1991 August 31, Sonia de Vries, “The Real Enemies Of Humanity Are Here At Home”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 7, page 4:
- I am responding to Allen Young's letter to the editor concerning two articles I wrote for GCN about my experiences in Cuba. The gist of Mr. Young's letter is that I am a commie dupe and the Cubans who shared there opinions and experiences with me were simply lying.
Related terms
editTranslations
editdeceived person
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Verb
editdupe (third-person singular simple present dupes, present participle duping, simple past and past participle duped)
Translations
editto swindle, deceive, or trick
Etymology 2
editNoun
editdupe (plural dupes)
- (photography) A duplicate of a photographic image.
- (restaurant industry) A duplicate of an order receipt printed for kitchen staff.
- (informal) A duplicate.
- (informal, TikTok) A counterfeit; a fake.
- 2020 March 1, Megan Graham, “TikTok teens are obsessed with fake luxury products”, in CNBC[1]:
- TikTok could potentially be liable if lots of users are directing other users to the sales of dupes, 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”, in The Independent[2]:
- The dupe 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.”
Derived terms
editVerb
editdupe (third-person singular simple present dupes, present participle duping, simple past and past participle duped)
- (transitive) To duplicate.
- Synonyms: double; see also Thesaurus:duplicate
- Antonyms: dedupe, halve
- Can you dupe this photo for me?
- 2018, Richard Powers, The Overstory, Vintage (2019), page 379:
- That night, a shaken camera operator dupes the tape and leaks a copy to the press.
Anagrams
editBube
editNoun
editdupe
Descendants
edit- English: duppy
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French dupe, from Middle French [Term?].
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdupe m (plural dupes)
- victim
- Synonym: slachtoffer
Related terms
editFrench
editPronunciation
editNoun
editdupe f (plural dupes)
- a person who has been deceived
- être dupe ― to be taken in, be fooled, be duped
Usage notes
edit- A negative polarity item, very often found in the construction ne pas être dupe.
Verb
editdupe
- inflection of duper:
Further reading
edit- “dupe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Serbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *dupę.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdȕpe n (Cyrillic spelling ду̏пе, diminutive dupénce)
- (mildly vulgar) ass
- Synonym: gùzica
- Imaš l(ij)epo dupe. ― You have a nice ass.
- (mildly vulgar, derogatory) ass, jerk, dipshit; an annoying, contemptible, obnoxious person
Usage notes
editMay be construed as endearing rather than vulgar when used by a romantic couple.
Declension
editDeclension of dupe
Further reading
edit- “dupe” in Hrvatski jezični portal
West Makian
editPronunciation
editVerb
editdupe
- (transitive) to throw away
- (transitive) to drop (an anchor)
Conjugation
editConjugation of dupe (action verb) | ||||
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singular | plural | |||
inclusive | exclusive | |||
1st person | todupe | modupe | adupe | |
2nd person | nodupe | fodupe | ||
3rd person | inanimate | idupe | dodupe | |
animate | ||||
imperative | nudupe, dupe | fudupe, dupe |
References
edit- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[3], Pacific linguistics
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