n. Slang 1 fellow.

- us dandy.

- us city-dweller staying on a ranch. [german dial. Dude fool]

—n. - armed contest between two people, usu. To the death.

- two-sided contest. —v. (-ll-; us -l-) fight a duel. duellist n. [latin duellum war]

n. Musical composition for two performers. duettist n. [latin duo two]

—n. Boiled pudding. —adj. Slang worthless, counterfeit, useless. [var. Of *dough]

- v. duff up slang beat; thrash. [perhaps from *duffer]

n. - person holding the highest hereditary title of the nobility.

- sovereign prince ruling a duchy or small state. dukedom n. [latin dux leader]

—adj. - tedious; not interesting.

- (of the weather) overcast.

- (of colour, light, sound, etc.) Not bright, vivid, or clear.

- (of a pain) indistinct; not acute (a dull ache).

- slow-witted; stupid.

- (of a knife-edge etc.) Blunt.

- a (of trade etc.) Sluggish, slow. B listless; depressed.

- (of the ears, eyes, etc.) Lacking keenness. —v. Make or become dull. dullness n. Dully adv. [low german or dutch]

adv. - in due time or manner.

- rightly, properly.

adj. - a unable to speak. B (of an animal) naturally dumb.

- silenced by surprise, shyness, etc.

- taciturn, reticent (dumb insolence).

- suffered or done in silence (dumb agony).

- colloq. Stupid; ignorant.

- disenfranchised; inarticulate (dumb masses).

- (of a computer terminal etc.) Able to transmit or receive but unable to process data.

- giving no sound. [old english]

- show n. Gestures; mime.

- waiter n. Small hand-operated lift for conveying food from kitchen to dining-room.

truck n. Truck that tilts or opens at the back for unloading.

- —n. - place or heap for depositing rubbish.

- colloq. Unpleasant or dreary place.

- temporary store of ammunition etc. —v. - put down firmly or clumsily.

- deposit as rubbish.

- colloq. Abandon or get rid of.

- sell (excess goods) to a foreign market at a low price.

- copy (the contents of a computer memory etc.) As a diagnostic aid or for security. dump on esp. Us criticize or abuse; get the better of. [origin uncertain]

n. Drift of sand etc. Formed by the wind. [dutch: related to *down3]