dud
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5.7
- noun
- /dʌd/
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artefacto sin detonar
- The military reported that the shell was a dud, failing to detonate upon impact.
- a dud bomb
- a dud shell
- a dud artillery shell
Examples
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Could this be a dud?
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The Arabs claim they lost the war because of rusty guns and dud ammunition.
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I know mine is a dud, and I can exchange it.
Blog text (16) -
- So we're about to fire a dud?
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Did you get a direct hit, or was it a dud?
Blog text (32) -
The bomb was a dud.
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That bomb may be a dud because the firing pin's fractured.
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I'd fired a thousand rounds through that gun, and that was the first dud shotgun shell I'd run into.
Fiction book (1995) -
Do your research and listen to as many models as possible to ensure you're not getting a high-tech dud.
Blog text (3) -
"I threw the grenades, Commandant, but they were duds.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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6.8
A gun or engine that fails to fire when it should
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dud likely comes from old duds meaning 'clothes' or 'rags', which came to mean something 'worthless'. People started to call a bomb that did not explode a dud because it did not do its job.