dud

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: dŭd, IPA: /dʌd/, X-SAMPA: /dVd/
• Rhymes: -ʌd

Noun

dud (plural duds)

1. (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.
2. A lottery ticket that does not give a payout.
3. (obsolete) Clothes, now always used in plural form duds.

Synonyms

• (losing lottery ticket): blank

Translations

broken or nonfunctional device that does not perform its intended function

• Finnish: susi (fi), suutari (fi)
• French: fausse alerte (fr)
• German: Blindgänger (de) m

• Russian: невзрывающийся (ru) (nevzryvájuščijsja), неисправный (ru) (neisprávnyj)
• Swedish: blindgångare (sv) c

obsolete: clothes — see duds

Anagrams

• DDU

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Lojban

Rafsi

dud

1. rafsi of dunda.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dûd/

Noun

dȕd m (Cyrillic spelling ду̏д)

1. mulberry (fruit)

Declension

    declension of dud

	singular	plural
nominative	dud	dudovi
genitive	duda	dudova
dative	dudu	dudovima
accusative	dud	dudove
vocative	dude	dudovi
locative	dudu	dudovima
instrumental	dudom	dudovima

Synonyms

• mȗrva