dupes
UK/djuːps/
dupes is the plural of dupe.
dupes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dupe.
Meaning of dupe
Noun (1)
dupe (plural dupes)
- A person who has been deceived.
- It would vex me, indeed, to see you again the dupe of Miss Bingley's pretended regard.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
Noun (2)
dupe (plural dupes)
- A duplicate of a photographic image.
- A duplicate of an order receipt printed for kitchen staff.
- A word which appears more than once in a crossword puzzle.
- A counterfeit; a fake, a (typically cheaper) copy (of some legitimate consumer product, design, etc).
- 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.2020 March 1, Megan Graham, “TikTok teens are obsessed with fake luxury products”, in CNBC
- An unanticipated method or incident by which duplicates of in-game items are created; a duplication glitch.
Phrases with dupes
Words that rhyme with dupes
Questions about dupes
- What is dupes the plural of?
- Dupes is the plural of dupe.
- How do you pronounce dupes?
- Dupes is pronounced /djuːps/ (UK).
Words near dupes in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dupes (page history and authors); dupe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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