dud

dud  (dd)

n.

1. A bomb, shell, or explosive round that fails to detonate.

2. Informal One that is disappointingly ineffective or unsuccessful.

3. duds Informal

a. Clothing.

b. Personal belongings.

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[Middle English dudde, a cloak.]

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dud Informal

Noun

an ineffectual person or thing: they had the foresight to pick on someone who was not a total dud

Adjective

bad or useless: a dud cheque [origin unknown]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dud - someone who is unsuccessful flop, washout colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech nonstarter, unsuccessful person, loser, failure - a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
	2.	dud - an explosion that fails to occur misfire equipment failure, breakdown - a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power breakdown"
	3.	dud - an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned" bomb, turkey bust, fizzle, flop - a complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop"
Adj.	1.	dud - failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive; "he stepped on a dud mine" unloaded - (of weapons) not charged with ammunition; "many people are killed by guns thought to be unloaded"

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dud (Informal)

noun 1. failure, flop (informal) washout (informal) clinker (slang), chiefly U.S. clunker (informal)

adjective 2. faulty, broken, failed, damaged, bust (informal) not working, useless, flawed, impaired, duff Brit. (informal) worthless, defective, imperfect, malfunctioning, out of order, unsound, not functioning, valueless, on the blink, inoperative, kaput (informal)

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Explosive munition which has not been armed as intended or which has failed to explode after being armed. See also absolute dud; dwarf dud; flare dud; nuclear dud.

Translations

dud [dʌd] n (shell) → obús m que no estalla;

(object, tool): it's a dud → es una filfa

adj dud cheque (BRIT) → cheque m sin fondos

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dud [dʌd] n (= shell) → obus non éclaté (= object, tool);

it's a dud → c'est de la camelote, ça ne marche pas adj (Brit) [cheque] → sans provision: [note, coin] → faux(fausse)

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dud [dʌd] n → Niete f (inf);

(note) → Blüte f (inf)

adj dud cheque (Brit) → ungedeckter Scheck m

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dud [dʌd] n (shell) → proiettile m che fa cilecca: it's a dud [object, tool] → è inutile, non funziona

adj (BRIT) [cheque] → a vuoto; [note, coin] → falso/a