dud
Meaning
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- (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.
- (informal) A failure of any kind.
- (informal) A failure of any kind.
- (informal) A failure of any kind.
- (informal,obsolete) Clothes, now always used in plural form duds.
Synonyms
turkey
unexploded bomb
failed creative work
pine sawyer
ne’er do well
non event
a near miss
boot maker
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dʌd/
Etymology
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”).
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