dud

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Ultimately from dudde (ragged clothing or cloth), of uncertain origin beyond that.

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Singular
dud

Plural
duds

dud (plural duds)

  1. A broken or nonfunctional device that does not perform its intended function, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.
  2. (obsolete) Clothes, now always used in plural form duds.

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From Ottoman Turkish طوت (tut, dut), from Persian توت (tut), possibly from Aramaic ܬܘܬܐ/תותא (tuta). Otherwise, Aramaic may be derived from Persian.

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dud m. (plural dudovi, Cyrillic spelling: дуд)

  1. mulberry (fruit)

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