dud

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: dŭd, IPA^(key): /dʌd/
• 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. Something that doesn't function properly
   • 2014, A teacher, "Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents", The Guardian, 23 September 2014:

     At the end of the day, the vast majority of primary schools are vibrant, friendly places and you may struggle to choose one because they all seem so great. Primary schools tend to have the feelgood factor. If you just aren't feeling it, this one's probably a dud.

4. (obsolete) Clothes, now always used in plural form duds.
5. A loser, an unlucky person

Synonyms

• (losing lottery ticket): blank

Translations

broken or nonfunctional device that does not perform its intended function

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瞎炮 (xiāpào) (unexploded ordnance), 啞炮, 哑炮 (yǎpào) (unexploded ordnance), 啞彈, 哑弹 (yǎdàn), 瞎彈, 瞎弹 (xiādàn)

• Finnish: susi (fi), suutari (fi)
• French: munition non explosée (unexploded ordnance)

• German: Blindgänger (de) m
• Japanese: 不発弾 (ふはつだん, fuhatsudan) (unexploded ordnance)
• Russian: неразорвавшийся снаряд m (nerazorvávšijsja snarjád) (unexploded ordnance)
• Swedish: blindgångare (sv) c

obsolete: clothes — see duds

loser — see loser

Anagrams

• DDU

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Lojban

Rafsi

dud

1. rafsi of dunda.

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Romanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish طوت (tut, dut), from Persian توت (tut).

Noun

dud m (plural duzi)

1. mulberry (tree)

Derived terms

• dudă

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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^(key): /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