Definitions of DUD [ʌd]

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Definition of 'DUD'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) dud
a device, person, or enterprise that proves to be a failure.

2. dud
a shell or missile that fails to explode after being fired.

Etymology: (1895–1900; cf. earlier dud contemptible person, appar. sing. of duds)

Definition of 'DUD'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) flop, dud, washout
someone who is unsuccessful

2. (noun) misfire, dud
an explosion that fails to occur

3. (adj) turkey, bomb, 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"

4. (adj) dud
failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive
"he stepped on a dud mine"

Definition of 'DUD'

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

1. DUD
Explosive munition which has not been armed as intended or which has failed to explode after being armed.

Translation of 'DUD'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: something which is useless, does not work etc This light-bulb is a dud.
Afrikaans: onbruikbaar	Arabic: بِلا قيمَه، لا فائِده مِن	Bulgarian: нещо калпаво
Brazilian: inutilidade	Czech: zmetek	German: der Blindgänger
Danish: mandagsprodukt	Greek: κτ. άχρηστο, σαβούρα	Spanish: trasto
Estonian: rämps	Farsi: کالای غیر قابل استفاده	Finnish: susi
French: rebut	Hebrew: חָסַר עֶרֶך	Hindi: निकम्मा आदमी, खोटा, बेकार
Croatian: beskoristan	Hungarian: ócska holmi	Indonesian: tidak berfungsi
Icelandic: ónÿtur, gagnslaus hlutur	Italian: fallimento	Japanese: 役に立たないもの
Korean: 쓸모 없는 것	Lithuanian: niekam tikęs daiktas	Latvian: nekam nederīga lieta
Malay: tiruan	Dutch: prul	Norwegian: fiasko, mandags-(bil, osv
Polish: niewypał, rzecz bezużytec	Persian: کالای غیر قابل استفاده	Pashto: هغه شى چې د ګټى اخيستنى و
Portuguese: inutilidade	Romanian: rebut	Russian: непригодная вещь
Slovak: nepodarok	Slovenian: odpadek	Serbian: ćorak
Swedish: oduglig sak, blindgångare	Thai: สิ่งที่ใช้ไม่ได้	Turkish: işe yaramaz, şey
Taiwanese: 無用之物	Ukrainian: барахло; непотріб	Urdu: بے کار
Vietnamese: đồ bỏ	Chinese: 无用的物或人，废物
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