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Что (кто) такое duds - определение

EXPLOSIVE THAT FAILS TO DETONATE
DUD; Duds; Absolute dud

duds         
Clothing.
With those duds, Alec is clearly one hip cat.
duds         
n. pl.
(Colloq.)
1.
Old clothes, tattered garments.
2.
Effects, things, clothes, traps.
duds         
clothes.

Википедия

Dud

A dud is an ammunition round or explosive that fails to fire or detonate, respectively, on time or on command. Poorly designed devices (for example, improvised explosive devices (IEDs)), and small devices, have higher chances of being duds.

Duds are still dangerous, and can explode if handled. They have to be deactivated and disposed of carefully. In war-torn areas, many curious children have been injured or killed from tampering with such devices.

The term descends from the Middle English dudde, originally meaning worn-out or ragged clothing, and is a cognate of duds (i.e., "clothing") and dowdy. Eventually dud became a general pejorative for something useless, including ammunition.

The variation absolute dud describes a nuclear weapon that fails to explode. (A nuclear weapon which does explode, but does not achieve its expected power, is termed a fizzle.)

By extension, "dud" has become a slang word for anything that does not work or is defective.

Примеры употребления для duds
1. But from an energy efficiency perspective, they‘re duds.
2. The suspect was arrested and another eight duds were found in his possession, police said.
3. Then again, the same could be said for any number of big studio duds these days.
4. Shopping list Fashionable boutiques boasting everything from doggy duds to nautical knickknacks line Apalachicola‘s tiny downtown.
5. Mr Brownlow said that while Bette Davies and Barbara Stanwyck made many duds, Garbo had not.