dup´er

dup´er
dupe1 «doop, dyoop», noun, verb, duped, dup|ing.
–n.
1. a person eily deceived or tricked: »

the ready dupe of astrologers and soothsayers (Scott).

2. a person who is being deluded or tricked: »

The young politician's inexperience is making him the dupe of some unscrupulous schemers.

–v.t.
to make a dupe of; deceive or trick; delude: »

The dishonest peddler duped all of his customers.

SYNONYM(S): gull, cheat.
[< French dupe, variant of huppe < Latin upupa hoopoe (supposedly because it is a stupid bird)]
dup´er, noun.
dupe2 «doop, dyoop», adjective, noun, verb.
Photography, Informal. = duplicate. (Cf.duplicate)
[short for duplicate]

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  • dup — interj. 1. Cuvânt care imită mersul apăsat, tropăitul încălţămintei etc. 2. Cuvânt care imită zgomotul înfundat produs de o izbitură, o căzătură etc. – Onomatopee. Trimis de ana zecheru, 17.03.2008. Sursa: DEX 98  dup interj. Trimis de siveco,… …   Dicționar Român

  • DUP — 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 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Dup — 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 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • dup — dup·able; dup·ery; dup·py; hud·dup; dup; …   English syllables

  • Dup — (d[u^]p), v. t. [Contr. fr. do up, that is, to lift up the latch. Cf. {Don}, {Doff}.] To open; as, to dup the door. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Dup. — Dup., bei Tiernamen Abkürzung für Philipp Duponchel (spr. düpongschéll), geb. 1774, gest. 1846, schrieb: »Histoire naturelle des lépidoptères de la France« (mit Godart, Par. 1821–40, 13 Bde., mit 384 Tafeln) …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • dup — (en citogenética) abreviatura de duplicación. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 …   Diccionario médico

  • dup — /dup/, v.t., dupped, dupping. Archaic. to open. [1540 50; contr. of DO1 + UP; cf. DOFF, DON2] * * * …   Universalium

  • dup. — dup. (duplicate) n. copy, photocopy, exact replica, reproduction …   English contemporary dictionary

  • dup- — *dup germ., schwach. Verb: nhd. einsinken, tief sein ( Verb); ne. sink (Verb), be (Verb) deep; Hinweis: s. *deupa ; Etymologie: idg. *dʰeub , Adjektiv, tief, hohl, Pokorny 267; …   Germanisches Wörterbuch

  • dup — abbrev. duplicate …   English World dictionary

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