Bombs that don't explode (4 letters)

{ Answer }

DUDS

{ Related Clues }

Bombs
Clothes
Clothing
Failures
Flops
Garb
Getup
Lemons
Outfit
Threads
Toggery
Togs
Turkeys
Washouts
Bombs that bomb
Clothes, informally
Edsels, commercially
Hipster's raiment
Toggery, informally
Bombs without bangs
They don't go off

{ Tags }

bangs, bombs, clothes, commercially, dont, duds, edsels, explode, failures, garb, go, hipsters, informally, lemons, off, raiment, they, threads, toggery, togs, without

{ Notes }

The answer DUDS is uncommon, appearing about once every 500 puzzles.

{ Definition }

DUDS as a noun:

1. (togs, threads, duds) = informal terms for clothing

DUD as a noun:

1. (flop, dud, washout) = someone who is unsuccessful

2. (misfire, dud) = an explosion that fails to occur

3. (turkey, bomb, dud) = an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned"