dud

1. 1.

   failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive

   “he stepped on a dud mine”

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Other forms of dud

plural

duds·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dud

What does dud mean?

dud means "someone who is unsuccessful". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dud?

dud has 1 syllable: dud. In IPA it is /ˈdʌd/.

What is another word for dud?

Close synonyms include flop, washout, misfire, turkey, bomb. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dud a common word?

dud is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.