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dud

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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.

[Middle English dudde, a cloak.]

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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.duddud - someone who is unsuccessful
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.duddud - an explosion that fails to occur
equipment failure, breakdown - a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power breakdown"
3.duddud - 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"
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"

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)

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
Spanish 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

French 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)

German dud [dʌd] nNiete f (inf);
(note) → Blüte f (inf)
adj dud cheque (Brit) → ungedeckter Scheck m

Italian 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

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The duds are a little mixed in style, but I reckon they're clean and whole, and a man might face a lady in 'em.
"Say, Mag," he said, "put on yer bes' duds Friday night an' I'll take yehs teh deh show.
The king's duds was all black, and he did look real swell and starchy.
 
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