dupe
31dupe — adj., couillon : DUPO, A, E (Albanais) ; koulyon nm. chf. // inbèssilo, a, e <imbécile> an. (Villards Thônes). A1) n., dupe : DUPA nf. chf. (Albanais). B1) v. , faire un marché de dupes : étre anrossâ <être dupé> (Samoëns). B2) être… …
32dupe — I. noun Etymology: French, from Middle French duppe, probably alteration of huppe hoopoe Date: 1681 one that is easily deceived or cheated ; fool II. transitive verb (duped; duping) Date: 1704 to make a dupe of • duper …
33dupe — dupe1 dupable, adj. dupability, n. duper, n. /doohp, dyoohp/, n., v., duped, duping. n. 1. a person who is easily deceived or fooled; gull. 2. a person who unquestioningly or unwittingly serves a cause or another person: a dupe of the oppon …
34dupe — v. (D; tr.) to dupe into (he was duped into signing) * * * [djuːp] (D; tr.) to dupe into (he was duped into signing) …
35dupe — dupe1 [dju:p US du:p] n [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: , perhaps from Old French huppe type of bird considered stupid] someone who is tricked, especially into becoming involved in something illegal dupe 2 dupe2 v [T usually passive] to trick …
36Dupe — Dup, dup oder DUP ist: Duplikat Film, in der Filmkunst kurz dup oder dupe. dup (Unix), ein UNIX Befehl zum Duplizieren von Dateideskriptoren. Democratic Unionist Party, eine Partei in Nordirland. Data User Part. Destination User Prompter. Digital …
37dupe — [17] English borrowed dupe from French, where it was probably originally a humorous application of a dialect word for a ‘hoopoe’, an extravagantly crested bird whose flamboyant appearance seems to have made it the butt of jokes. It presumably… …
38dupe — verb deceive; trick. noun a victim of deception. Derivatives dupable adjective duper noun dupery noun Origin C17: from Fr. dialect dupe hoopoe , from the bird s supposedly stupid appearance …
39dupe — 1 noun (C) someone who is tricked, especially into becoming involved in something illegal 2 verb (transitive usually passive) to trick or deceive someone: dupe sb into doing sth: Consumers are being duped into buying faulty electronic goods …
40dupe — [djuːp] verb [T] I to trick someone into believing or doing something stupid or illegal II noun [C] dupe [djuːp] someone who is tricked into believing or doing something stupid or illegal …
