dud

(dŭd)
n.

1. A bomb, shell, or explosive round that fails to detonate.
2. Informal. One that is disappointingly ineffective or unsuccessful.
3. duds Informal.
   1. Clothing.
   2. Personal belongings.

[Middle English dudde, a cloak.]

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noun

1. One that fails completely: bust, failure, fiasco, loser, washout. Informal flop, lemon. Slang bomb. See thrive/fail/exist.
2. Articles worn to cover the body. apparel, attire, clothes, clothing, dress, garment (used in plural), habiliment (often used in plural), raiment. Informal tog (used in plural). Slang thread (used in plural). See put on/take off.

n

Definition: failure
Antonyms: success

n. explosive munition that has not been armed as intended or that has failed to explode after being armed.

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(DOD, NATO) Explosive munition which has not been armed as intended or which has failed to explode after being armed. See also absolute dud; dwarf dud; flare dud; nuclear dud.

noun
noun

1: pl. Clothes. (1307 —) .
W. Kennedy Put her in new duds, high heels and silk stockin's (1979).

2: A counterfeit article. (1897 —) .

3: A futile or ineffectual person or thing. (1908 —) .
R. Graves An expert on shell-fish, otherwise a dud (1951).

4: A shell, bomb, firework, etc. that fails to explode or ignite. (1915 —) .
Public Opinion All the torpedoes they carry are duds (1923). adjective

5: Counterfeit. (1903 —) .

6: Useless, worthless, unsatisfactory, or futile. (1904 —) .
Times Literary Supplement The dud violinists rehearsing in the next room (1958).

[Origin uncertain.]

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fiasko, umulius, forfalskning, forsager, fuser, kluns
adj. - uduelig, umulig, falsk

Nederlands (Dutch)
mislukkeling, onontplofte granaat etc., prul, vals (biljet/cheque etc.), kleding, niet goed functionerend, niet succesvol

Français (French)
n. - bombe non éclatée, obus non éclaté, type nul, raté, nippes (npl), faux (montre), qui ne marche pas
adj. - non éclaté (une bombe), mal fichu, à la noix (qch), sans provision (un chèque), nul (une personne), faux (qch)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Blindgänger, Versager, Fälschung, Klamotten
adj. - nutzlos, gefälscht

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - άχρηστος, αποτυχημένος (κν. τενεκές), μη εκραγείσα οβίδα, κάτι άχρηστο (κν. τζούφιο, μάπα)
adj. - άχρηστος, αποτυχημένος, σκάρτος

Italiano (Italian)
gingillo, inutile, effetti personali

Português (Portuguese)
n. - roupa (f), coisas (f pl) (gír.)
adj. - imprestável, falsificado (gír.)

Русский (Russian)
подделка, неразорвавшийся снаряд, шмотки

Español (Spanish)
n. - fruslería, proyectil que no estalla, mercancía invendible, desastre, calamidad, trapos, ropa
adj. - falso, sin fondos (cheque), incapaz, inútil, defectuoso

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - blindgångare, oduglig sak
adj. - oduglig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
衣服, 无用物, 哑弹, 无用的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 衣服, 無用物, 啞彈
adj. - 無用的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 쓸모없는 사람, 소지품
adj. - 가짜의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 不発弾, 持ち物
adj. - だめな

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شئ فشل عمله بدقه, شخص مخفق (صفه) ذو عله, عديم القيمه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮דבר חסר-ערך, סחבות, בלואים, בגדים, כישלון, אדם או דבר שאינם מביאים תועלת, פריט מזויף, פגז נפל‬
adj. - ‮חסר-תועלת, לא-מספק, מזויף, חסר-ערך‬

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