Dupe

Dupe

Dupe is short for "duplicate".

Dupe may also refer to:

  • Someone who is deceived by another and acts in their interest without realization.
  • Duping, practice of exploiting a bug in a video game to illegitimately create duplicates of unique items or currency. A player can get banned from the game if he/she is discovered to use duped items.
  • In mimicry, a signal receiver or dupe is the organism which is 'tricked'.
  • A duplicate, often of a photographic image.
  • Dupe – duplicated warez release.

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  • dupe — dupe …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • dupé — dupé …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • dupe — [ dyp ] n. f. et adj. • duppe 1426; emploi plaisant de dupe « huppe », oiseau d apparence stupide 1 ♦ Personne que l on trompe sans qu elle en ait le moindre soupçon. ⇒ dindon, pigeon. Prendre qqn pour dupe. ⇒ duper. Être la dupe de qqn (cf. fam …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • dupe — DUPE. sub. f. Celui ou celle qui est trompée, ou facile à tromper. C est une dupe, une vraie dupe, une franche dupe, une bonne dupe. C est la dupe d un tel. C est sa dupe. Il en a été la dupe. Être pris pour dupe. Passer pour dupe. Il n est pas… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • dupe — dȕpe sr <G ta, N mn dupèta, G dupétā> DEFINICIJA vulg. 1. v. stražnjica 2. pren. loš karakter, beskičmenjak FRAZEOLOGIJA boli me dupe! baš me briga, to me se uopće ne tiče; da mi (ti, mu itd.) dupe vidi put (puta) putujem bez ozbiljna… …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • Dupé — (Дюпэ) Тип Публичная компания Листинг на бирже BM F Bovespa …   Википедия

  • Dupe — Dupe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Duped} (d[=u]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Duping}.] [Cf. F. duper, fr. dupe. See {Dupe}, n.] To deceive; to trick; to mislead by imposing on one s credulity; to gull; as, dupe one by flattery. [1913 Webster] Ne er have I duped …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Dupe — (d[=u]p), n. [F., prob. from Prov. F. dupe, dube; of unknown origin; equiv. to F. huppe hoopoe, a foolish bird, easily caught. Cf. Armor. houp[ e]rik hoopoe, a man easily deceived. Cf. also {Gull}, {Booby}.] One who has been deceived or who is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dupe — vb Dupe, gull, befool, trick, hoax, hoodwink, bamboozle mean to delude a person by underhand means or for one s own ends. Dupe suggests unwariness or unsuspiciousness on the part of the person or persons deluded and the acceptance of what is… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • dupé — dupé, ée (du pé, pée) part. passé. Pris pour dupe. Dupé par un habile fripon. •   Un philosophe assure Que toujours par leurs sens les hommes sont dupés, LA FONT. Fabl. VII, 18.    Il se dit aussi de l attente, de l espérance, etc. •   S il ne… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

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