Definition of DUD

dud

Plural: duds

Noun

  • A thing that fails to work or is unsatisfactory.
  • someone who is unsuccessful
  • an explosion that fails to occur
  • an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
    • "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned"
  • 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.
  • A failure of any kind.
  • A failure of any kind.
  • A loser; an unlucky person.
  • A failure of any kind.
  • A lottery ticket that does not give a payout.
  • Clothes, now always used in plural form duds.

Adjective Satellite

  • failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive
    • "he stepped on a dud mine"

Adj

  • Useless; failing; ineffective.

Examples

  • His last Scrabble play was a total DUD, scoring only four points for a wasted turn.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English dudde (“cloak, mantle, kind of cloth; ragged clothing or cloth”), from Old English *dudda (attested only as personal name Dudda, part of modern English Dudley), akin to Old Norse dúði (“swaddling clothes”), Low German dudel. Possibly borrowed from the Old Norse word and related to dýja (“to shake, tremble”).

Scrabble Score: 5

dud: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
dud: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dud: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

dud: valid Words With Friends Word