dup
- noun
- /dʌp/
- Slang
- The dupe has a yellow undertone.
This palette right here has so many dupes in it.
- This palette right here has so many dupes in it.
Examples
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This makeup brand offers a dupe for a popular high-end foundation at a lower price.
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Lip Pencil is a dupe for Candy K.
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I am going in, you know, this looks like a dupe for Glam Life.
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I've been noticing a few dupes within my collection.
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Yeah, yeah, I guess that's like getting a dupe, like, but there's no real designer bag.
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But I have to say, for a drugstore dupe, you're going to want to go with L'Oreal Infallible Shadows.
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Many beauty enthusiasts look for a dupe that closely resembles the latest lipstick shades.
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I found a dupe of that expensive handbag online, and it looks almost identical.
Synonyms
A paper or file that is the same as the original
An object that is an exact copy of another
A person who stands in for another, often in movies
A copy that is exactly the same as the original
The act of making an exact copy or the thing that is copied
A copy of something made to look exactly like the original
A copy of a paper made at the same time as the original
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word dup is a short, informal form of duplicate, which is related to 'double' and 'two', so a dup is just a 'copy' or a second version of something.