That movie turned out to be a dud.
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Dud
//dʌd//
Synonyms for "dud" (105 found)
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Related words (52)
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4 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
33 translations across 16 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- fracàs noun (broken or nonfunctional device that does not perform its intended function)
- pífia noun (broken or nonfunctional device that does not perform its intended function)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 啞彈 /哑弹 noun (broken or nonfunctional device that does not perform its intended function)
- 啞炮 /哑炮 noun (broken or nonfunctional device that does not perform its intended function)
- 瞎彈 /瞎弹 noun (broken or nonfunctional device that does not perform its intended function)
- 瞎炮 noun (broken or nonfunctional device that does not perform its intended function)
Czech
3 entries- nefunkční věc noun (broken or nonfunctional device that does not perform its intended function)
- zmetek noun (broken or nonfunctional device that does not perform its intended function)
- šmejd noun (broken or nonfunctional device that does not perform its intended function)
Danish
4 entries- blindgænger noun (broken or nonfunctional device that does not perform its intended function)
- forsager noun (broken or nonfunctional device that does not perform its intended function)
- fuser noun (broken or nonfunctional device that does not perform its intended function)
- nitte noun (lottery ticket that does not give a payout)
Dutch
2 entries- blindganger noun (broken or nonfunctional device that does not perform its intended function)
- niet noun (lottery ticket that does not give a payout)
Finnish
2 entries- susi noun (broken or nonfunctional device that does not perform its intended function)
- suutari noun (broken or nonfunctional device that does not perform its intended function)
French
1 entries- munition non explosée noun (broken or nonfunctional device that does not perform its intended function)
German
3 entries- Blindgänger noun (broken or nonfunctional device that does not perform its intended function)
- Niete noun (lottery ticket that does not give a payout)
- Versager noun (broken or nonfunctional device that does not perform its intended function)
Japanese
1 entries- 不発弾 noun (broken or nonfunctional device that does not perform its intended function)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- nite noun (lottery ticket that does not give a payout)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- nite noun (lottery ticket that does not give a payout)
Polish
3 entries- bubel noun (broken or nonfunctional device that does not perform its intended function)
- fajans noun (broken or nonfunctional device that does not perform its intended function)
- tandeta noun (broken or nonfunctional device that does not perform its intended function)
Russian
1 entries- неразорва́вшийся снаря́д noun (broken or nonfunctional device that does not perform its intended function)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- rud gun fheum noun (broken or nonfunctional device that does not perform its intended function)
Spanish
1 entries- llufa (DEA) noun (broken or nonfunctional device that does not perform its intended function)
Swedish
3 entries- blindgångare noun (broken or nonfunctional device that does not perform its intended function)
- nit noun (lottery ticket that does not give a payout)
- nitlott noun (lottery ticket that does not give a payout)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
What a dud.
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It's a dud.
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Their investment in the startup turned out to be a dud.
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