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dud
noun
1 dud
2 dud
An explosion that fails to occur.
synonym: misfire.
Dutch: weigering
3 dud
An event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual:
— The meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned.
synonyms: bomb, turkey.
adjective
1 dud
Failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive.
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