DUPE meaning: Imitate or copy to deceive

We found 36 dictionaries that define the word dupe:

General (26 matching dictionaries)

dupe: Merriam-Webster
dupe, dupe: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
dupe: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
dupe: Collins English Dictionary
dupe: Vocabulary.com
Dupe, dupe: Wordnik
dupe: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
dupe: Wiktionary
dupe: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
dupe: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
dupe: Infoplease Dictionary
Dupe, dupe: Dictionary.com
dupe (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
dupe: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Dupe, The Dupe: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Dupe: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
dupe: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
dupe: Rhymezone
Dupe: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
dupe: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
dupe: FreeDictionary.org
dupe: Mnemonic Dictionary
dupe: TheFreeDictionary.com
dupe: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (2 matching dictionaries)

MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
dupe: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

dupe: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)

DUPE: Acronym Finder
dupe: Wordcraft Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)

Bird On! (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

dupe, dupe: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
The Dupe, dupe: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)

PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (No longer online)

(Note: See duped as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  A person who has been deceived.
▸ verb:  To swindle, deceive, or trick.
▸ noun:  (informal) A duplicate. Often:
▸ noun:  (photography) A duplicate of a photographic image.
▸ noun:  (food service, hospitality) A duplicate of an order receipt printed for kitchen staff.
▸ noun:  (informal, TikTok) A counterfeit; a fake.
▸ noun:  (informal, by extension) A cheap consumer product intended to imitate a more expensive product.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To duplicate.

Similar:

befool, fool, victim, put one over, take in, put on, cod, slang, gull, put one across, more...

Opposite:

original, genuine, authentic

Types:

knockoff, counterfeit, imitation, replica, fake, copycat, bootleg, pirated, more...

Phrases:

de dupe, A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe, hapless dupe, more...

Adjectives:

poor, easy, innocent, willing, own, communist, miserable, unwitting, ready, credulous, more

Colors:

beige, taupe, mauve, blush, sage, more...