Antonyms for dud


Grammar : Noun
Spell : duhd
Phonetic Transcription : dʌd


Definition of dud

Origin :
  • c.1825, "person in ragged clothing," from duds (q.v.). Sense extended by 1897 to "counterfeit thing," and 1908 to "useless, inefficient person or thing." This led naturally in World War I to "shell which fails to explode," and thence to "expensive failure."
  • noun failure
Example sentences :
  • For a time it seemed as though Brent's bombshell had been a dud.
  • Extract from : « Ten From Infinity » by Paul W. Fairman
  • Let's get busy—we're altogether too close to that dud there to suit me.
  • Extract from : « The Skylark of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith and Lee Hawkins Garby
  • But to Dud this thrilling adventure left no pleasant memories.
  • Extract from : « Killykinick » by Mary T. Waggaman
  • The motor boat Jim and Dud had hired for the season was stove in upon the rocks.
  • Extract from : « Killykinick » by Mary T. Waggaman
  • It was Dud who had been swept over into those foaming, seething depths.
  • Extract from : « Killykinick » by Mary T. Waggaman
  • But there were exceptions, and Dud Fielding was one of them.
  • Extract from : « Killykinick » by Mary T. Waggaman
  • Cut the whole lot,” said Dud, “just as soon as I can get money enough to do it.
  • Extract from : « Killykinick » by Mary T. Waggaman
  • "I'll walk on, Dud, and put this horse of yours in the barn," said Manton.
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 » by Various
  • Dud knew now that Blister had been a wise prophet in his generation.
  • Extract from : « The Fighting Edge » by William MacLeod Raine
  • Dud sauntered to the hitching-rack, easy, careless, graceful.
  • Extract from : « The Fighting Edge » by William MacLeod Raine

Synonyms for dud

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