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dud
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun dud has 3 senses
- dud(n = noun.person) flop, washout - someone who is unsuccessful; Array is a kind of failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person
- dud(n = noun.event) misfire - an explosion that fails to occur; Array is a kind of breakdown, equipment failure
- dud(n = noun.event) bomb, turkey - 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" is a kind of bust, fizzle, flop
Adjective dud has 1 sense
OXFORD DICTIONARY
dud, n. & adj. sl.
--n.
1 a futile or ineffectual person or thing (a dud at the job).
2 a counterfeit article.
3 a shell etc. that fails to explode.
4 (in pl.) clothes.
--adj.
1 useless, worthless, unsatisfactory or futile.
2 counterfeit.
--n.
1 a futile or ineffectual person or thing (a dud at the job).
2 a counterfeit article.
3 a shell etc. that fails to explode.
4 (in pl.) clothes.
--adj.
1 useless, worthless, unsatisfactory or futile.
2 counterfeit.
Etymology
ME: orig. unkn.
THESAURUS
dud
abortion, abortive attempt, also-ran, aspirant, baby kisser, bankrupt, blank cartridge, bogy, bomb, bugaboo, bugbear, bust, candidate, castrato, cipher, cry of wolf, dark horse, defeated candidate, dummy, eunuch, failure, false alarm, favorite son, flop, gelding, hollow man, hopeful, impotent, incompetent, invalid, jackstraw, lame duck, lay figure, lemon, loser, man of straw, merry chase, miscarriage, miscarrying, misfire, nebbish, nobody, nonentity, nothing, nullity, office seeker, political hopeful, presidential timber, puppet, pushover, running mate, stalking-horse, thing of naught, trifle, vain attempt, washout, weakling, wet squib, wild-goose chase, zero
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