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duds::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | threads, togs |
| Type of | habiliment, vesture, wear, article of clothing, wearable, clothing |
Examples of duds
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It has to price books higher in general, so the successful ones offset the duds.
From the economist.com
No word from the TSA on whether donning these duds will lead to a manual search.
From the newsweek.com
Duds were the expected but unwelcomed pieces of the back yard firework displays.
From the stltoday.com
Dust off your 18th century duds for the Twelfth Night Ball at 7 p.m. on Saturday.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Still, there are only a few duds, such as a level where you have to count fish.
From the washingtonpost.com
You did the right thing by wrapping up your doodle in down duds for protection.
From the suntimes.com
Research shows that large numbers of Americans believe that they are duds in bed.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
The store is chock full of cheap hipster duds you can afford to wear just once.
From the kentucky.com
I keep meaning to mention it, because there are definitely some duds out there.
From the emotionalumbrella.com
- Failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive; "he stepped on a dud mine"
- Flop: someone who is unsuccessful
- Misfire: an explosion that fails to occur
- Turkey: 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"
- (duds) togs: informal terms for clothing
- A dud is an ammunition round or explosive that fails to fire or detonate, respectively, on time or on command. Duds are still dangerous and have to be deactivated and disposed of carefully. Poorly designed devices (for example, IEDs), and small devices, have higher chances of being duds. ...
- A broken or nonfunctional device that does not perform its intended function, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile; A lottery ticket that does not give a payout; Clothes, now always used in plural form duds
- (duds) Clothing, especially those for work or of rough appearance
- A device that will not function, no matter what the stimulus level is. This term is most often used in connection with explosive components. Sometimes also called a reject component.
