Rud

//ɹʌd// name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    redness; blush uncountable
  2. 2
    Alternative form of rudd (“fish”). alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    (engineering, euphemistic) Synonym of rapid unplanned disassembly: An unexpected explosion or breakup abbreviation, acronym, initialism

    "Private spaceflight company SpaceX has released new pictures of its Falcon 9 rocket attempting to land on a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean before undergoing what its chief executive, Elon Musk, euphemistically referred to as "RUD" – that’s "Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly". In other words, it blew up."

  4. 4
    ruddle; red ochre uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To become red; redden. intransitive
  2. 2
    To produce a RUD (rapid unplanned disassembly) euphemistic
  3. 3
    To make red. obsolete, transitive

    "Her cheekes lyke apples which the sun hath rudded"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

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rapid unplanned disassembly

Example

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"Her cheekes lyke apples which the sun hath rudded"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English rudden, ruden, from Old English rudian (“to be ruddy”) (compare rudu (“redness”)), from Proto-Germanic *rudāną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰéh₁ti, from *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”); cognate with Old Cornish rud and Old Irish rúad). (Compare red).

Etymology 2

(explosion): Abbreviation of rapid unplanned disassembly as an initialism and an acronym

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Rud syndrome

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