dupe

dupe
n
1. gull, gudgeon, Brit. Dial. cull, Archaic. cully, Inf. chump, Sl. sap, Sl. schnook, Sl. schlemiel, Sl. boob; greenhorn, sitting duck, easy or soft mark or target, Inf. sucker, Inf. cinch, Sl. patsy, Sl. pigeon, U.S. Sl. fall guy, Sl. softie or soft touch, Sl. pushover; laughing-stock, butt, fair game, fool, everybody's fool, Inf. goat, Brit. Sl. mug.
2. pawn, puppet, tool, instrument, flunky, lackey, cat's paw, creature, minion, dummy, Sl. stooge.
v
3. delude, deceive, fool, take in, throw dust in the eyes of, pull the wool over the eyes of, Inf. slip or pass one over on; gull, cozen, defraud, cheat; rook, victimize, defraud, bilk, swindle, cog, Archaic. chouse, Sl. take, Sl. snooker; pass off, palm off, impose upon, pull a fast one on, Inf. throw a curve; hoodwink, trick, outwit, bamboozle, overreach; lead on, take for a ride, Inf. fake [s.o.] out, Inf. rope [s.o.] in, Inf. string along; All Inf. jive, fast-talk, flam, hype, buffalo, bulldoze; AU Sl. con, snow, suck or sucker in, murphy.

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  • dupe — dupe …   Dictionnaire des rimes

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  • 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 — 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… …   Wikipedia

  • 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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