dud

Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

dud/dʌd/ noun [COUNTABLE]
1. something that is useless, especially because it does not work correctly:
　 ▪ Several of the fireworks were duds.

2. duds
[PLURAL] informal clothes

—dud adjective:
　 ▪ a dud light bulb

noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Critics have labeled the new telescope a dud.
▪ Pauley's last performance was a major dud.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Even with the advantages of other income sources, studios depend on a few hits to pay for a large number of duds.
▪ I've learnt about 60 I suppose overall and half of them are duds naughty words or words for something completely different.
▪ There are a couple of duds on Double Good Everything but there's also a sharper sense of purpose.
▪ There were no duds among the three 1992 Piedmont wines I tried.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  turkey, bomb, misfire, flop, washout