Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dud"
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dud
adj : failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active
explosive; "he stepped on a dud mine"
n 1: (informal) someone who is unsuccessful [syn: {flop}, {washout}]
2: an explosion that fails to occur [syn: {misfire}]
3: 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" [syn: {turkey},
{bomb}]
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