/dud/ , n.
1. a device, person, or enterprise that proves to be a failure.
2. a shell or missile that fails to explode after being fired.
[ 1815-25; special use of dud, sing. of DUDS ]
Syn. 1. fiasco, debacle, fizzle, miscarriage.
/dud/ , n.
1. a device, person, or enterprise that proves to be a failure.
2. a shell or missile that fails to explode after being fired.
[ 1815-25; special use of dud, sing. of DUDS ]
Syn. 1. fiasco, debacle, fizzle, miscarriage.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012