Associations to the word «Dud»

Wiktionary

DUD, noun. (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.
DUD, noun. A lottery ticket that does not give a payout.
DUD, noun. Something that doesn't function properly
DUD, noun. (obsolete) Clothes, now always used in plural form duds.
DUD, noun. A loser, an unlucky person

Dictionary definition

DUD, noun. Someone who is unsuccessful.
DUD, noun. An explosion that fails to occur.
DUD, noun. An event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned".
DUD, adjective. Failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive; "he stepped on a dud mine".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats