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dud   (TTS Sound)

The noun dud has 3 senses

• flop, dud, washout -- (someone who is unsuccessful)


• misfire, dud -- (an explosion that fails to occur)


• turkey, bomb, dud -- (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")

The adj dud has 1 sense

• dud -- (failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive; "he stepped on a dud mine")