DUD

Dud

A dud is an ammunition round or explosive that fails to fire or detonate, respectively, on time or on command. Poorly designed devices, and small devices, have higher chances of being duds.

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dud

Noun

  1. 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.
  2. A lottery ticket that does not give a payout.
  3. Clothes, now always used in plural form duds.
  4. A loser, an unlucky person


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