Dud - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|dʌd|
Brit.
|dʌd|
noun
- someone who is unsuccessful (syn: flop, washout)
- an explosion that fails to occur (syn: misfire)
- an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual (syn: bomb, turkey)
- an explosion that fails to occur (syn: misfire)
- an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual (syn: bomb, turkey)
the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned
adjective
- failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive
he stepped on a dud mine
Extra examples
The seeds must have been duds because the plants never grew.
She put on her new duds for the party.
Word forms
noun
singular: dud
plural: duds
singular: dud
plural: duds
adjective
comparative: dudder
superlative: duddest
comparative: dudder
superlative: duddest
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