Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A bomb, shell, or explosive round that fails to detonate.
- n. Informal One that is disappointingly ineffective or unsuccessful.
- n. Informal Clothing.
- n. Informal Personal belongings.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A coarse cloak or mantle.
- n. A rag.
- n. plural [Formerly also spelled dudes, as in Harman's “Caveat” (1567), where the word is erroneously set down as “pedlar's French”—that is, thieves' cant.] Clothes; especially, poor or ragged clothing; tatters: used in contempt.
Wiktionary
- n. informal A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.
- n. A lottery ticket that does not give a payout.
- n. obsolete Clothes, now always used in plural form duds.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive
- n. someone who is unsuccessful
- n. an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
- n. an explosion that fails to occur
Etymologies
- Ultimately from dudde ("ragged clothing or cloth"), of uncertain origin beyond that. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English dudde, a cloak. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The latest dud from the Maple Leafs came Tuesday night with a 6-3 home loss to the Thrashers.”
“But could either of them rescue the evening that some political observers called a dud?”
“And, can Fred Thompson live up to his supporters 'expectations in the presidential race or is he what one top political analyst who's been there -- the White House, that is -- calls a dud?”
“Dreams are dud, which is why they stay dreams and never become reality.”
““The ungainly chestnut Jake always referred to as the dud?””
“Hurrdurr Today: RIM CEO calls dud BlackBerry Storm a "netbook”
“The report is devoid of any credibility, a report which is an exercise in futility, a report which has been called a dud report and the Action Taken Report (ATR) itself indicates it is an unimplementable report," Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley said.”
“Not for nothing is this government increasingly being known as the dud Rudd government.”
“Illinois doesn't seem to be any way to recall a dud gov.”
“The '78 B:G is a true "dud" in every sense of the word.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘dud’.
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3-Letter Scrabble Words Which Do Not ...
A list of 3-letter words which cannot be formed by adding a letter to a 2-letter word (see Ken Clark's word lists found at http://www.seattlescrab...
fiz, fix, fir, fig, fie, fib, eve, eke, egg, eek, ecu, ebb and 225 more...
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Palindromes
tenet, �?ΙΨΟ�? Α�?ΟΜΗΜΑΤ..., rotator, kayak, tattarrattat, detartrated, racecar, level, step on no pets, fall leaves after..., level, madam, level!, reviver and 108 more...
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emordnilap
reviled, loot, no, ta, rat, part, pit, stop, spat, ten, mad, mart and 108 more...
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Genes
Interesting gene names. Some of these may have changed recently (to something less offensive/funny).
http://www.genenames.org/
tinman, agnostic, dreadlocks, Van Gogh, fruitless, lava lamp, ariadne, cheap date, ken and barbie, I'm not dead yet, I'm not dead yet 2, manic fringe and 1192 more... -
3-letter Scrabble Words
aah, aal, aas, aba, abo, abs, aby, ace, act, add, ado, ads and 995 more...
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WF - palindromes
Yay, wow, waw, Utu, tut-tut, tut, tot, toot, TNT, Tet, tenet, tat and 91 more...
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3 Letter Words
A list of English words that are three letters long.
ace, act, ade, ado, add, ads, age, ago, ail, air, aim, all and 397 more...
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That Could Have Gone Better
dud, flop, fiasco, debacle, failure, learning experience, wash, doa, epic fail, bomb, crash and burn, bungle and 41 more...
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3LW
3 letter words, not the girl band.
boggle and speed scrabble would not be half as fun without them.aah, boa, dot, fun, ick, log, oca, pyx, sos, was, aal, bob and 342 more...
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DYSLEXIC'S DELIGHT
Words a dyslexic can't get wrong: Palindromes
retartrater, redivider, level, noon, rotor, civic, peep, eke, deed, tenet, reviver, hannah and 145 more...
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Yet more words
hootowling, hoot owl, midday, prohibitive, shutdown, gerund, tripe, doweling, detestable, good measure, boojum, undergirding and 167 more...
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hazel
dimbox, flatwheeler, egg harbor, clothesline, whiskbroom, let's blouse, crabhanger, shifter, snugglepup, petting party, finale hopper, hiphound and 61 more...
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GRE D
DISPORT, Dinky, Duress, drippy, Desecrate, dud, delve, Dally, dippy, Doddery, Distraught, disparage and 53 more...
Tweets
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