(informal) A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile. / (informal) A loser; an unlucky person.

A surname.

plural of Dudding

plural of dud

(New England, Britain, informal, dated) Clothing, especially for work or of rough appearance.

(colloquial) Dressed in an elaborate or fashionable way.

(US, informal) An old-fashioned, persnickety or ineffective person.

(US, informal) Old-fashioned and persnickety or ineffective.

(chiefly US, Canada, colloquial) A man, generally a younger man. / (colloquial, used in the vocative) A term of address for someone, typically a man, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.

(slang) A term of address, usually for a man, conveying awe, excitement, surprise, annoyance, etc.