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fud

/fʌd/

fud is the alternative form of fuddy-duddy.

fud is the alternative letter-case form of FUD.

Meaning of fuddy-duddy

Noun

fuddy-duddy (plural fuddy-duddies)

  1. (US, informal) An old-fashioned, persnickety or ineffective person.
    • My grandma is a fuddy-duddy when it comes to keeping her house clean.

See all 2 meanings of fuddy-duddy

Noun capitalized: FUD

FUD

  1. (abbreviation, acronym, derogatory) Acronym of fear, uncertainty, and doubt, a marketing strategy involving the spread of worrisome information or rumors about a competitor.

Forms of fud

pluralfuds
alternative formfud
alternative formFud

Words that rhyme with fud

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Questions about fud

What is fud the alternative form of?
Fud is the alternative form of fuddy-duddy.
What part of speech is fud?
Fud is a noun.
How do you pronounce fud?
Fud is pronounced /fʌd/.
What is the plural of fud?
The plural of fud is fuds.

Words near fud in the dictionary

  1. fuculose
  2. fucus
  3. fucused
  4. fucuses
  5. fucusol
  6. fud
  7. fudadome
  8. Fudala
  9. Fudalas
  10. fudanshi
  11. fudanshis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fud (page history and authors); FUD (page history and authors); fuddy-duddy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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