DUPEとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From French duper, from Middle French duppe, alteration of huppe (“hoopoe”), from Latin, onomatopoeic.

名詞

dupe (plural dupes)

1. A person who has been deceived.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dupe

   • 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter 55, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:

     It would vex me, indeed, to see you again the dupe of Miss Bingley's pretended regard.

   • 1991 August 31, Sonia de Vries, “The Real Enemies Of Humanity Are Here At Home”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 7, page 4:

     I am responding to Allen Young's letter to the editor concerning two articles I wrote for GCN about my experiences in Cuba. The gist of Mr. Young's letter is that I am a commie dupe and the Cubans who shared there opinions and experiences with me were simply lying.

関連する語

• dupery

動詞

dupe (third-person singular simple present dupes, present participle duping, simple past and past participle duped)

1. To swindle, deceive, or trick.

派生語

語源 2

Clipping of duplicate.

名詞

dupe (plural dupes)

1. (informal) A duplicate. Often:
   1. (photography) A duplicate of a photographic image.
   2. (food service, hospitality) A duplicate of an order receipt printed for kitchen staff.
   3. (informal, TikTok) A counterfeit; a fake.
      • 2020 March 1, Megan Graham, “TikTok teens are obsessed with fake luxury products”, in CNBC‎:

        TikTok could potentially be liable if lots of users are directing other users to the sales of dupes, she said, and she said if users have an affiliate relationship with the sellers of counterfeit goods, they could also potentially be liable.

   4. (informal, by extension) A cheap consumer product intended to imitate a more expensive product.
      • 2023 February 21, Daisy Lester, “Revolution has launched a £10 alternative to Charlotte Tilbury’s £65 magic serum”, in The Independent‎:

        The dupe lived up to expectation in our head-to-head review, where we concluded that Revolution’s affordable formula is a “perfectly worthy alternative that won’t see you digging too deep into your pocket.”

      • 2025 August 6, Julie Creswell, “Aldi’s Passionate, Cultlike Following Fuels Its Rapid Expansion Plans”, in The New York Times‎:

        And many shoppers go to Aldi for its so-called dupes of more expensive, big-brand foods and beverages.

   5. (crosswording) A word which appears more than once in a crossword puzzle.
2. (video games) An unanticipated method or incident by which duplicates of in-game items are created; a duplication glitch.
   1. (video games, Minecraft) An in-game item that was created by means of a duplication glitch.

派生語

• dedupe
• slash dupe

動詞

dupe (third-person singular simple present dupes, present participle duping, simple past and past participle duped)

1. (transitive) To duplicate.

   Synonyms: double; see also Thesaurus:duplicate

   Antonyms: dedupe, halve

   Can you dupe this photo for me?

   • 2018, Richard Powers, The Overstory, Vintage (2019), page 379:

     That night, a shaken camera operator dupes the tape and leaks a copy to the press.

アナグラム

• E'd up, pued