dud
(adjective) failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive; “he stepped on a dud mine”
turkey, bomb, 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”
misfire, dud
(noun) an explosion that fails to occur
flop, dud, washout
(noun) someone who is unsuccessful
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dud (plural duds)
(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.
(informal) A failure of any kind.
(informal) A loser; an unlucky person.
A lottery ticket that does not give a payout.
(obsolete, informal) Clothes, now always used in plural form duds.
• (losing lottery ticket): blank
• DDU, UDD
Source: Wiktionary
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
