1. A covering designed to be worn on a person's body
   "an article of duds";
   - clothing, article of clothing, vesture [archaic], wear, wearable, habiliment [archaic], togs [informal], threads [informal]

1. An event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
   "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned";
   - turkey [informal], bomb [informal], flop [informal], clunker [N. Amer, informal]
    
2. An explosion that fails to occur
   "The dud grenade was safely removed from the training ground";
   - misfire
    
3. A complete failure
   "The highly anticipated movie turned out to be a dud at the box office";
   - flop [informal], bust [informal], fizzle, clinker [N. Amer, informal], epic fail [informal], washout, clunker [N. Amer, informal]

Type of: breakdown, consumer goods, covering, equipment failure, failure, loser, no-hoper [informal], nonstarter, unsuccessful person

Encyclopedia: Duds