dud
A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to…A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.
» It's a dud.
Meaning
5 senses(informal)A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.
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неразорва́вшийся снаря́дnerazorvávšijsja snarjád
(informal)A failure of any kind.
I got stuck with a seatmate who was a conversational dud.
A failure of any kind.
(informal)A loser; an unlucky person.
(informal)A lottery ticket that does not give a payout.
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(informal, obsolete)Clothes, now always used in plural form duds.
- an explosion that fails to occur
- someone who is unsuccessful
- an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
Examples
4 sentencesIt's a dud.
That movie turned out to be a dud.
Their investment in the startup turned out to be a dud.
What a dud.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English dudde (“cloak, mantle, kind of cloth; ragged clothing or cloth”), fromFrom Middle English dudde (“cloak, mantle, kind of cloth; ragged clothing or cloth”), from Old English *dudda (attested only as personal name Dudda, part of modern English Dudley), akin to Old Norse dúði (“swaddling clothes”), Low German dudel. Possibly borrowed from the Old Norse word and related to dýja (“to shake, tremble”).
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