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11dud|dy — or dud|die «DUHD ee», adjective. Scottish. ragged …
12Dud — Dud, der Fezzanwurm, s. Kiemenfuß …
13dud — [ dʌd ] noun count 1. ) INFORMAL someone or something that is very disappointing 2. ) a bomb or other EXPLOSIVE object that fails to explode …
14dud — c.1825, person in ragged clothing, from DUDS (Cf. duds) (q.v.). Sense extended by 1897 to counterfeit thing, and 1908 to useless, inefficient person or thing. This led naturally in WWI to shell which fails to explode, and thence to expensive… …
15dud- — *dud germ., Verb: nhd. bewegt sein ( Verb); ne. be (Verb) moved; Rekontruktionsbasis: got., ae., as.; Hinweis: s. *dudrōn, *dutta ; Etymologie: vergleiche …
16dud — [n] failure bomb, bummer, bust, debacle, flop, lemon, loser, washout; concept 674 Ant. success …
17dud — informal ► NOUN 1) a thing that fails to work properly. 2) (duds) clothes. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ failing to work or meet a standard. ORIGIN of unknown origin …
18Dud — For the Dunedin airport with the IATA airport code DUD, see Dunedin International Airport. A dud is an ammunition round or explosive that fails to fire or detonate, respectively, on time or on command. Duds are still dangerous and have to be… …
19dud — clap·per·dud·geon; dud·die; dud·ine; dud·ish; dud·ism; dud·ley; dud·ley·ite; hum·dud·geon; scul·dud·dery; dud; dud·geon; dud·dy; dud·ish·ly; …
20dud — I UK [dʌd] / US noun [countable] Word forms dud : singular dud plural duds 1) informal someone or something that is very disappointing 2) a bomb or other explosive object that fails to explode II UK [dʌd] / US adjective Word forms dud : adjective …
