dud

Meaning

Noun

1. (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.
2. (informal) A failure of any kind.
3. (informal) A failure of any kind.
4. (informal) A failure of any kind.
5. (informal, obsolete) Clothes, now always used in plural form duds.

Adj

Useless; failing; ineffective.

Synonyms

flop

bomb

💣

failure

turkey

washout

misfire

useless

worthless

good-for-nothing

drossy

flivver

flunk

fright

garb

garment

goose egg

habiliment

habit

has-been

junk

needless

nonexplosive

nought

otiose

raiment

setback

sham

shoemaker

stuff

tench

tog

trashy

undischarged

unexploded

unexploded bomb

unsatisfactory

vestment

zero

zip

zippo

failed creative work

stumer

abortion

love

❤️

miscarriage

waste

bombie

pine sawyer

ne’er do well

non event

Translations

Blindgänger

waardeloos

desastre

Blüte

🌼

falso

σκάρτος

Niete

proiettile inesploso

imprestável

ένδυμα

αποτυχία

wertlos

άχρηστος

pífia

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dʌd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: dudde

Inherited from Old English: *dudda

Cognate with English: Dudley

Cognate with Old Norse: dúði

Cognate with Low German: dudel

In summary

From 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”).