Word "DUD" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
Synonyms:
bomb, turkey
Examples:
the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
an explosion that fails to occur
Synonyms:
misfire

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
someone who is unsuccessful
Synonyms:
flop, washout

Crossword Clues for DUD

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Clue Source Date
Flop Thomas Joseph 11 Jul 2025
Faulty or useless item The Times Concise 09 Jul 2025
Defective The Telegraph Quick 08 Jul 2025
Forged (cheque) (3)
Dishonoured cheque (inf) (3)
A damp squib ?
Disappointing firework (rhymes with "bud")
Chap in the U.S. devoid of energy is failure (3)
Firecracker that fizzled USA Today 15 Jun 2025
Flop New York Times 08 Jun 2025
Fizzler Wall Street Journal 07 Jun 2025
Failed device Commuter 06 Jun 2025
Bad bomb Thomas Joseph 30 May 2025
Flop Mirror Quick 25 May 2025
Outside university, theologian is a failure Mirror Cryptic 25 May 2025
Lemon Eugene Sheffer 21 May 2025
Flop Eugene Sheffer 07 May 2025
Failed shell (3)
Lemon Eugene Sheffer 23 Apr 2025
Faulty firecracker Universal 20 Apr 2025
Commercial flop USA Today 20 Apr 2025
Firework that fizzled
Dishonoured cheque (3)
Bad cheque may be given over as well (3)
Useless Puzzler Backwords 07 Apr 2025
Failed firecracker, say
Failure Thomas Joseph 02 Apr 2025
Faulty firework
Returnable cheque? (3)
Failure Thomas Joseph 11 Mar 2025
Backed up, he's still no good (3)
Renowned Queensland rugby league Test forward, - Beattie (3)
Useless coin
Being stood up doesn't disturb him (3)
Failure at something, (3)
Disappointing firework USA Today 30 Jan 2025
Failure to write in Urdu dialect (3)
Unexploded cartridge (3)
Faulty or counterfeit Puzzler Backwords 16 Jan 2025
Was a con-man, whichever way you look at it (3)
This won't work, either way (3)
Worthless energy leaving dude (3)
Nonexploding bomb
Lackluster firecracker
Lead balloon Newsday 26 Dec 2024
Clunker Newsday 19 Dec 2024
Duff The Telegraph Quick 16 Dec 2024
Worthless cheque Mirror Tea Time 13 Dec 2024
Because he's a bit of a flop (3)
Flop Eugene Sheffer 12 Dec 2024
Failure, flop
Flop, failure (3) Puzzler 03 Dec 2024
Defective firecracker that rhymes with "bud"
Bomb which fails to explode(3)
Useless, ineffective The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 26 Nov 2024
Ineffective thing
Useless (coll)
Milk_(candy morsel) USA Today 21 Nov 2024
It doesn't work properly (3)
Something which doesn't work properly
It's no good stealing a note from a dude (3)
A thing that fails to work properly or is otherwise unsatisfactory
Anyway this bomb presents no danger
Was a swindler, either way (3)
Dudley's little failure (3)
Fireworks flop
Useless object
A stumer could turn up just the same (3)
Defective bomb Puzzler Backwords 30 Sep 2024
Rained-on sparkler
Ineffectual thing Wall Street Journal 19 Sep 2024
Defective round of ammunition
Firecracker that fails to crack
Shell that does not explode (3)
Non-exploding shell (3)
Failure for all to see in heart of muddle (3)
Old man having heart transplant? It won't work
Clunker LA Times Daily 25 Aug 2024
Commercial flop LA Times Daily 12 Aug 2024
Failure Thomas Joseph 16 Jul 2024
Whichever way it's presented, it doesn't go off (3)
It's no good but you can return it (3)
Bust New York Times 30 Jun 2024
Failed bomb
Disappointing firework New York Times Mini 22 Jun 2024
Firework that didn't work
Faulty The Sun Mini 06 Jun 2024
Clunker Premier Sunday 02 Jun 2024
Faulty, ineffectual The Times Concise 30 May 2024
Lemon Eugene Sheffer 28 May 2024
Failure The Telegraph Quick 22 May 2024
A loser anyone can back
Didn't go off like a dishonoured cheque (3)
Bad cheque (3)
A failure up to no good again
Total flop Universal 09 May 2024
Defective firecracker Newsday 08 May 2024
Failure (coll)
It's no good turning up another time (3)
Short man is bound to fail (3)
He's no good at reversing, either (3)
Such a cheque will bounce up and down
Faulty firecracker Newsday 29 Apr 2024
Damp squib
It's no good being a bit of a dude (3)
Bomb with no boom Wall Street Journal 04 Apr 2024
Druid oddly is no good The Times Quick Cryptic 01 Apr 2024
Defective The Telegraph Quick 21 Mar 2024
Disappointment in a fireworks display
Failure Thomas Joseph 08 Mar 2024
The comeback is a flop, too (3)
Faulty item (3)
Failure Thomas Joseph 27 Feb 2024
A flop (3)
A counterfeit (3)
Damp squib (3)
Bouncing cheque (3)
Firework that doesn't work
Hey dudes, some of you are useless! (3)
One may as well turn over a worthless cheque (3)
Bomb that doesn't go off
"The ___ Avocado" (Elaine Dundy novel)
Flop Eugene Sheffer 23 Jan 2024
Guy in New York falling short is a failure (3)
Firework that failed, say
Bomb that fail to detonate, (3)
Failure Thomas Joseph 09 Jan 2024
Nonexploding firework
At regular intervals, druid isn't working (3)
Faulty (inf) (3)
Unsuccessful thing USA Today 28 Nov 2023
Unpopped firecracker
Firecracker that bombs?
Failed firecracker
Worthless firecracker, say
Faulty or counterfeit Puzzler Backwords 02 Nov 2023
Defective firecracker Newsday 31 Oct 2023
Bad bomb Thomas Joseph 25 Oct 2023
Defective firecracker USA Today 15 Sep 2023
Film bomb Premier Sunday 10 Sep 2023
Failed firecracker, say
Fizzling thing Premier Sunday 09 Jul 2023
Firecracker with fizz but no pop Family Time 03 Jul 2023
Defective firecracker
Total nothing New York Times 17 Jun 2023
Bad firecracker, e.g Family Time 12 Jun 2023
Failure of a firecracker Wall Street Journal 02 Jun 2023
Dandy dropping Ecstasy is a failure The Times Cryptic 29 May 2023
Clunker Wall Street Journal 12 May 2023
Flop Universal 09 May 2023
Defective firecracker Newsday 12 Apr 2023
Failure Thomas Joseph 12 Apr 2023
Flop Premier Sunday 09 Apr 2023
Lemon Eugene Sheffer 30 Mar 2023
Flop Thomas Joseph 20 Mar 2023
Disappointment LA Times Daily 02 Mar 2023
Clunker Wall Street Journal 27 Feb 2023
Firework that fails
Thing that turns out to be a disappointment USA Today 04 Feb 2023
Disappointing firework USA Today 31 Jan 2023
Flop Eugene Sheffer 02 Jan 2023
Flop The Telegraph Quick 24 Dec 2022
Disappointment LA Times Daily 18 Nov 2022
Failure The Telegraph Quick 04 Nov 2022
Lemon Eugene Sheffer 03 Nov 2022
Flop The Telegraph Quick 21 Sep 2022
Not functioning The Telegraph Quick 10 Sep 2022
Failure Thomas Joseph 30 Aug 2022
Flop Eugene Sheffer 22 Aug 2022
Failure Thomas Joseph 01 Jul 2022
Failure, however you look at it? The Times Cryptic 20 Jun 2022
Lemon Eugene Sheffer 07 Jun 2022
Flop The Telegraph Quick 15 May 2022
American guy, lacking energy, is a failure Irish Times Crosaire 14 May 2022
Flop Universal 13 May 2022
Washout Wall Street Journal 11 May 2022
Lemon The Washington Post 02 May 2022
Lemon LA Times Daily 02 May 2022
Flop Eugene Sheffer 15 Apr 2022
Nonfunctioning firecracker Newsday 30 Mar 2022
Clunker Wall Street Journal 02 Mar 2022
Total flop USA Today 24 Feb 2022
Palindromic failure
Defective firecracker
Counterfeit article Irish Times Simplex 26 Jan 2022
Firework that fails
Flop Thomas Joseph 17 Dec 2021
Failure Thomas Joseph 14 Dec 2021
Washout Wall Street Journal 11 Dec 2021
Lemon Eugene Sheffer 09 Dec 2021
Clunker Wall Street Journal 09 Dec 2021
Flop USA Today 28 Oct 2021
Lemon or turkey New York Times 14 Oct 2021
Failure The Times Concise 09 Oct 2021
July 4th letdown The Washington Post 29 Sep 2021
July 4th letdown LA Times Daily 29 Sep 2021
Fake article The Telegraph Quick 11 Sep 2021
Clunker Premier Sunday 22 Aug 2021
Failed firework Universal 19 Aug 2021
Firecracker that doesn't go off Universal 12 Aug 2021
Failure; counterfeit The Times Concise 06 Aug 2021
Letdown at a fireworks show New York Times 05 Aug 2021
Flop The Telegraph Quick 24 Jul 2021
Total flop New York Times 19 Jul 2021
Defective firecracker
Bad firecracker LA Times Daily 07 Jun 2021
Bad firecracker The Washington Post 07 Jun 2021
Either way, it's covered up by Hindu deity in Turkey Irish Times Crosaire 29 May 2021
Total flop USA Today 27 May 2021
Faulty firecracker (rhymes with "bud")
Failure may be slander, with daughter in for leader The Telegraph Cryptic 19 May 2021
Stinker Newsday 15 May 2021
Flop Wall Street Journal 08 May 2021
Counterfeit The Telegraph Quick 05 Apr 2021
Ineffective pair of departments probed by university
Firecracker that won't go off USA Today 29 Mar 2021
Failure USA Today 09 Mar 2021
Lemon Wall Street Journal 20 Feb 2021
Flop The Telegraph Quick 16 Feb 2021
Defective firecracker (rhymes with "mud")
Milk ___ (Hershey's caramel bit)
Firework that failed
Failure among Hindu doctors The Sun Two Speed 20 Jan 2021
Counterfeit The Sun Two Speed 20 Jan 2021
Flop USA Today 03 Jan 2021
Flop Newsday 02 Jan 2021
Defective firecracker
Commercial flop The Washington Post Sunday 27 Dec 2020
Effort that goes 'Pfft!' New York Times 24 Nov 2020
Counterfeit, worthless The Guardian Speedy 15 Nov 2020
Total flop
Lemon Eugene Sheffer 08 Oct 2020
Failure Thomas Joseph 12 Sep 2020
Fizzler Newsday 30 Jul 2020
Clinker Wall Street Journal 18 Jul 2020
Bomb that bombs
Firecracker that doesn't go off USA Today 27 May 2020
Guy in Washington, mostly useless
Palindromic flop Universal 18 Apr 2020
Smash's opposite The New Yorker 30 Mar 2020
Defective firecracker
Worthless whichever way you take it The Sun Two Speed 12 Mar 2020
Defective (informal) The Sun Two Speed 12 Mar 2020
Fizzling firecracker Wall Street Journal 02 Mar 2020
Fizzled firecracker Newsday 01 Mar 2020
Failure; washout The Telegraph Quick 12 Feb 2020
Firecracker that fizzles Universal 06 Jan 2020
Wet firecracker, e.g New York Times 15 Dec 2019
Wet firecracker, e.g.
Faulty (informal) The Sun Two Speed 25 Oct 2019
Palindromic failure Universal 18 Oct 2019
July 4th show failure The Washington Post 04 Oct 2019
July 4th show failure LA Times Daily 04 Oct 2019
Clunker Wall Street Journal 28 Sep 2019
Fizzled firecracker USA Today 12 Sep 2019
It'll never work LA Times Daily 12 Sep 2019
It'll never work The Washington Post 12 Sep 2019
Bust New York Times 07 Sep 2019
Palindromic word for "worthless"
Unsuccessful firework The Washington Post Sunday 14 Jul 2019
Film bomb Premier Sunday 14 Jul 2019
Firecracker that fails to crack
Firecracker that doesn't go off New York Times 03 Jul 2019
Broadway turkey USA Today 26 Jun 2019
Regularly visiting druids? That doesn't work
Flop Eugene Sheffer 06 Jun 2019
Defective firecracker
It doesn't go off The Washington Post 28 Apr 2019
It doesn't go off LA Times Daily 28 Apr 2019
Faulty explosive USA Today 26 Apr 2019
Uniform worn by daughters is no good
Bad bomb Thomas Joseph 18 Apr 2019
Fizzling firework Universal 02 Apr 2019
Washout Newsday 24 Feb 2019
Failure among Hindu deities The Sun Two Speed 02 Feb 2019
Fizzled firecracker
Faulty explosive
Broadway turkey
Clunker
Palindromic failure
Fizzling firework
July 4th show failure
Firecracker that doesn't go off
Bust
It'll never work
It doesn't go off
Dummy Canadiana 24 Dec 2018
Failure The Telegraph Quick 18 Dec 2018
Failed firecracker LA Times Daily 11 Dec 2018
Failed firecracker The Washington Post 11 Dec 2018
Flop Thomas Joseph 07 Dec 2018
Defective explosive USA Today 12 Nov 2018
July 4th nonstarter The Washington Post 30 Oct 2018
July 4th nonstarter LA Times Daily 30 Oct 2018
Milk ___ New York Times 18 Oct 2018
Defective The Sun Two Speed 07 Sep 2018
Worthless whichever way you see it The Sun Two Speed 07 Sep 2018
Worthless firework Universal 30 Aug 2018
Something that fails to function well
Firecracker that doesn't crack LA Times Daily 15 Aug 2018
Useless Edmund ignoring odd characters
Firecracker that doesn't crack The Washington Post 15 Aug 2018
Flop The New Yorker 02 Jul 2018
Turkey salad you served finally
Worthless firecracker Family Time 24 Jun 2018
Cracker lacking pop The Washington Post 14 Jun 2018
Cracker lacking pop LA Times Daily 14 Jun 2018
Stinkeroo New York Times 24 May 2018
Failing to work The Times Concise 11 May 2018
Box office flop USA Today 19 Apr 2018
Fizzler New York Times 08 Apr 2018
Ineffectual person The Times Concise 07 Feb 2018
Fizzling thing Premier Sunday 21 Jan 2018
Flop to and fro The Sun Two Speed 19 Jan 2018
Disappointing thing
Firecracker that doesn't crack
Fizzler
Cracker lacking pop
July 4th nonstarter
Milk ___
Failed firecracker
Lemon
Defective explosive
Box office flop
Stinkeroo
Worthless firework
'Turkey' The Telegraph Quick 29 Dec 2017
Defective cherry bomb USA Today 25 Nov 2017
Failed firecracker Universal 21 Nov 2017
Bomb that bombs
Lemon or turkey Newsday 21 Oct 2017
Firecracker that goes pfft New York Times 05 Sep 2017
Defective firecracker The Washington Post 14 Aug 2017
Defective firecracker LA Times Daily 14 Aug 2017
Flop Canadiana 24 Jul 2017
Bomb that won't go off
Box office bomb USA Today 08 May 2017
Thing that didn't go off Universal 24 Feb 2017
Defective The Telegraph Quick 07 Feb 2017
Firecracker that goes pfft
Defective cherry bomb
Box office bomb
Failed firecracker
Thing that didn't go off
Defective firecracker
Clunker Premier Sunday 25 Dec 2016
Defective firecracker Newsday 21 Dec 2016
Such a cheque is no good, even when returned
Whatever way you look at it, Duff amounts to a failure Irish Times Crosaire 02 Jul 2016
Faulty The Telegraph Quick 11 Jun 2016
Defective firecracker Universal 21 May 2016
Firework not seen going up? On the contrary! The Times Cryptic 30 Mar 2016
Counterfeit article Irish Times Simplex 22 Mar 2016
The occasional firework New York Times 17 Mar 2016
Failure of a firecracker Universal 06 Mar 2016
A failure going back and forth
Thing that fails to work The Times Concise 13 Nov 2015
Flop of a firecracker Universal 31 Oct 2015
It never goes off New York Times 25 Oct 2015
Fizzling firecracker Jonesin 06 Oct 2015
Failure revealed by Druids oddly The Telegraph Toughie 23 Apr 2015
Defective firecracker New York Times 06 Apr 2015
Flop, turkey Irish Times Simplex 17 Mar 2015
Useless The Telegraph Quick 31 Jan 2015
Religious scholar admits university failure The Times Cryptic 06 Jan 2015
Epitome of the lowest standards
Bomb that's a bomb
Flop of a firecracker
Defective firecracker
It never goes off
Bust of Edmund I, oddly effaced
Failure of a firecracker
Flop
Lead balloon
Lemon
Defective firecracker
Unexploded bomb
Fizzler
Flop of a firecracker
Turkey
Firecracker with no fire
Clunker
Cracker that doesn't crack
Fizzled firecracker
Firecracker with no fire
Flop
Turkey
Bust
Turkey
Cracker that doesn't crack
Fizzler
Clunker
One not going out with a bang?
Clunker
Bad firecracker
Flop
Flop
Fizzler
Lemon
Explosive that doesn't explode
Producer's fear
Bomb of a bomb
Defective firecracker
Ineffective firecracker
Faulty firecracker
Cracker that won't crack
Ineffective firecracker
Bomb of a bomb
Firecracker that doesn't fire
Faulty firecracker
Ineffective ammo
Bomb bomb
Nonstarter on Broadway
It doesn't go off well
Turkey
Firecracker that fizzles
Clunker
Faulty firecracker
Unpopped cracker
It doesn't end with a bang
Faulty firecracker
Fizzler
Firecracker that fails
Washout
Firecracker that fails
Flop
Fizzled firecracker
It doesn't go off
Failure
Flop
Flop
Flop
Palindromic turkey
It makes no report
Firecracker that fizzles
Failure
Lemon
Producer's fear
Misfire
Washout
Flo
Lemon
Failure
Bomb not bursting in air?
Disappointing firecracker
Nonfunctional bomb
Bomb of a bomb
Producer's fear
Failure
Turkey
Bomb that bombs
You won't get a bang out of it
Lemon
Lemon
Flop
It doesn't go off well
Total failure
Bomb that bombed
Stinker
Fizzler
Synonym for the first words of 17- and 65-Across and 10- and 33-Down
Washout
Turkey
Broadway nightmare
Not-so-functional firecracker
Synonym for the first words of 17- and 65-Across and 10- and 33-Down
Fizzler
Flop
Fiasco
Flop
Bomb of a bomb
Lemon
It doesn't detonate
Failed device
Clunker
Failure
Bomb of a bomb
Lemon
Turkey
Flop
Washout
It doesn't go off
Washout
It fizzles
Bomb that bombs
Failure
Flop
Failure of a firecracker
Fizzling firecracker
Failed firework
Bad firecracker
Washout
It doesn't detonate
Lemon
Bomb of a bomb
Bust
Debacle
Bomb that didn't go off
Big flop
You won't get a bang out of it
Faulty firecracker
Fizzled firecracker
Fizzling firecracker
Washout
Bomb of a bomb
Fizzle
Hardly a success
Bomb of a bomb
Bomb
Defective missile
Failure
Worthless
Washout
Lemon
Clinker
Unexploded bomb
Waste of money
Flop
Fiasco
Flat failure
Bummer
Independence Day no-show?
Spectacular failure
Total misfire
Turkey
Wet firecracker
Ineffectual one.
Ineffectual thing: Slang.
Failure: Slang.
Failure.
Flat failure: Slang.
Very faulty item: Colloq.
Washout.
Failure: Colloq.
Fizzle.
Flat failure.
Unexploded shell.
Flat failure: Colloq.
Complete failure.
Ineffective person: Slang.
Flop.
Ineffectual one: Slang.
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