dupe

Definitions


[djuːp], (Verb)

Definitions:
- deceive; trick
(e.g: the newspaper was duped into publishing an untrue story)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 17th century: from dialect French dupe ‘hoopoe’, from the bird's supposedly stupid appearance


[djuːp], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a victim of deception
(e.g: men who were simply the dupes of their unscrupulous leaders)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 17th century: from dialect French dupe ‘hoopoe’, from the bird's supposedly stupid appearance


[djuːp], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a duplicate or copy of something
(e.g: I had dupes of a lot of programs on my laptop)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 20th century: short for duplicate


[djuːp], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make a duplicate or copy of
(e.g: how to dupe 35 mm slides on to 35 mm film)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 20th century: short for duplicate




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