- dud
- Explosive munition which has not been armed as intended or which has failed to explode after being armed. See also absolute dud; dwarf dud; flare dud; nuclear dud.
Military dictionary. 2000.
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dud — [dʌd] noun [countable] informal something that is useless or of bad quality, especially because it does not work correctly: • The new system turned out to be a market dud. dud adjective : • dud results from biotech companies * * * Ⅰ. dud … Financial and business terms
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DuD — Datenschutz und Datensicherheit ist eine deutschsprachige Fachzeitschrift, die sich mit Themen des Datenschutzes und der Datensicherheit auseinandersetzt. Sie erscheint seit 1977 im Vieweg Verlag (bis 1983 unter dem Namen Datenschutz und… … Deutsch Wikipedia
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dud — [dud] n. [prob. < Du dood, dead] Informal 1. a bomb or shell that fails to explode 2. a person or thing that fails or is ineffectual adj. Informal worthless … English World dictionary
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