Associations to the word «Dudder»

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

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin