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dud (dud)

noun

  1. a bomb or shell that fails to explode
  2. a person or thing that fails or is ineffectual

Etymology: prob. < Du dood, dead

adjective

Informal worthless

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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