dud

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Definition of dud

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 duds plural

b : personal belongings

2a : one that is ineffectual also : failure a box-office dud

3 : a bomb or missile that fails to explode

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Definition of dud (Entry 2 of 2)

: of little or no worth : valueless dud checks

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Examples of dud in a Sentence

Noun The seeds must have been duds because the plants never grew. She put on her new duds for the party.

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Yet there’s also a fair chance that this year could be a dud. — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, "Hoping to see Yosemite Valley ‘firefall’? Parking restrictions abound," 9 Feb. 2020 One of the great benefits is if there's a dud, the system can disengage that individual cell. — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, "Old Electric Car Batteries Are Now Powering the Grid," 27 Jan. 2020 But Tuesday was a dud for the 31 other NFL teams, too. — BostonGlobe.com, "sent defensive lineman Michael Bennett," 30 Oct. 2019 Bosch took a stab a creating a rolling robot named Kuri in 2018 and months later the product was a dud. — Dalvin Brown, USA TODAY, "Gita is a new cargo robot that can follow you, carry your stuff for about 2 hours," 18 Oct. 2019 Yearly Sale is one, with up to 50% off designer duds for men, women, kids and home. — Chelsea Stone, CNN Underscored, "All the best after-Christmas sales to shop before the new year starts," 27 Dec. 2019 About a dozen new series and documentaries were available at launch and if nothing’s entirely unmissable yet, there are no duds, either. — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, "Four reasons Disney Plus is the future by embracing its past," 12 Nov. 2019 The great catastrophic threat of our time turned out to be a colossal dud. — Eric Spitznagel, Popular Mechanics, "‘Here We Go. The Chaos Is Starting’: An Oral History of Y2K," 27 Dec. 2019 But a dud, low-turnout election won’t deliver the protest movement much on its own. — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, "Algeria’s election is a vote few actually want," 11 Dec. 2019

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“Dud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dud. Accessed 22 Feb. 2020.

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More Definitions for dud

dud

noun

English Language Learners Definition of dud

(Entry 1 of 2)

: something that does not do what it is supposed to do : something that is a complete failure

informal : clothes

dud

adjective

English Language Learners Definition of dud (Entry 2 of 2)

—used to describe something that fails completely or does not work properly

See the full definition for dud in the English Language Learners Dictionary

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Kids Definition of dud

1 : a complete failure The party was a dud.

2 : a bomb or missile that fails to explode

3 duds plural : clothing

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