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dupe

noun
/dʒuːp//duːp/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from duppe
  2. borrowed from duper

Definitions

  1. A person who has been deceived.

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

  2. To swindle, deceive, or trick.

  3. A duplicate. Often

    A duplicate. Often:

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. An unanticipated method or incident by which duplicates of in-game items are created

      An unanticipated method or incident by which duplicates of in-game items are created; a duplication glitch.

    2. To duplicate.

      • Can you dupe this photo for me?
      • That night, a shaken camera operator dupes the tape and leaks a copy to the press.

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Derived

dedupe, slash dupe

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at dupe. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at dupe. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at dupe

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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