Dud (Noun)
Meaning 1
Someone who is unsuccessful.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Usages
Examples
- The team was disappointed that their new recruit turned out to be a dud, never scoring a goal in any of their games.
- Her business partner was a dud and never managed to bring in any new clients.
- The fireworks display ended with a dud that failed to explode, leaving the crowd in stunned silence.
- The chef was worried that his new restaurant was a dud, with almost no customers coming in the first few weeks.
- After the comedian's dud of a show, he found himself struggling to get booked for any more gigs.
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Meaning 2
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".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.
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Meaning 3
An explosion that fails to occur.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.
Examples
- The faulty dynamite stick turned out to be a dud and didn't explode when it was supposed to.
- The firework fizzled out and ended up being a dud, disappointing the crowd on the Fourth of July.
- The bomb squad carefully disarmed the suspected explosive device, which luckily turned out to be a dud.
- The old grenade was revealed to be a dud after the soldier carefully examined it.
- During the movie shoot, the special effects team encountered a problem with the explosives, as the one they set off turned out to be a dud.