dud

Etymology

From Middle English dudde (“cloak, mantle, kind of cloth; ragged clothing or cloth”), from Old English *dudda (attested only as personal name Dudda, modern English Dudley), akin to Old Norse dúði (“swaddling clothes”), Low German dudel.

Pronunciation

• enPR: dŭd, IPA^(key): /dʌd/
• Rhymes: -ʌd

Noun

dud (plural duds)

1. (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.
2. (informal) A failure of any kind.
   • 2014, A teacher, "Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents", The Guardian, 23 September 2014:

     At the end of the day, the vast majority of primary schools are vibrant, friendly places and you may struggle to choose one because they all seem so great. Primary schools tend to have the feelgood factor. If you just aren't feeling it, this one's probably a dud.

3. A lottery ticket that does not give a payout.
4. (obsolete) Clothes, now always used in plural form duds.
5. A loser, an unlucky person

Anagrams

• DDU, UDD

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dut/
• Rhymes: -ut

Noun

dud

1. genitive plural of dudy

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طوت‎ (tut, dut), from Persian توت‎ (tut).

Noun

dud m (plural duzi)

1. mulberry (tree)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طوت‎ (tut, dut), from Persian توت‎ (tut), possibly from Aramaic ܬܘܬܐ‎/תותא‎ (tuta). Otherwise, Aramaic may be derived from Persian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dûd/

Noun

dȕd m (Cyrillic spelling ду̏д)

1. mulberry (fruit)

Noun

dud

1. Soft mutation of tud.

Mutation