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dub

1  [duhb] verb, dubbed, dub⋅bing,
Use dub in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to invest with any name, character, dignity, or title; style; name; call: He was dubbed a hero.
2. to strike lightly with a sword in the ceremony of conferring knighthood; make, or designate as, a knight: The king dubbed him a knight.
3. to strike, cut, rub, or make smooth, as leather or timber.
—Idiom
4. dub bright, Shipbuilding. to shave off the outer surface of the planking of (a ship).
Origin:
1175–1225; ME dubben, late OE *dubbian (in phrase dubbade tō ridere dubbed to knight(hood)), < AF dubber, dobber, douber, aph. form of ad(o)uber, equiv. to a- a- 5 + -do(u)ber < Old Low Franconian *dubban to strike, beat, c. LG dubben, dub 3 ; cf. daube

Related forms:
dubber, noun
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dub

2  [duhb]
–noun Slang.
an awkward, unskillful person.
Origin:
1885–90; of expressive orig., cf. flub, flubdub, dub 3

dub

3  [duhb] verb, dubbed, dub⋅bing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1. to thrust; poke.
2. Golf. to hit (a ball) poorly; misplay (a shot).
3. to execute poorly.
–verb (used without object)
4. to thrust; poke.
–noun
5. a thrust; poke.
6. a drumbeat.
Origin:
1505–15; appar. same word (with older sense) as dub 1

dub

4  [duhb] verb, dubbed, dub⋅bing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1. to furnish (a film or tape) with a new sound track, as one recorded in the language of the country of import.
2. to add (music, speech, etc.) to a film or tape recording (often fol. by in).
3. to copy (a tape or disc recording).
–verb (used without object)
4. to copy program material from one tape recording onto another.
–noun
5. the new sounds added to a film or tape.
—Verb phrase
6. dub out, to omit or erase (unwanted sound) on a tape or sound track: to dub out background noise.
Origin:
1925–30; short for double

Related forms:
dubber, noun

dub

5  [duhb]
–noun Chiefly Scot.
a pool of water; puddle.
Origin:
1490–1500; of obscure orig.; perh. akin to G Tümpel pond, puddle
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dub 1   (dŭb)   
tr.v.   dubbed, dub·bing, dubs

  1. To tap lightly on the shoulder by way of conferring knighthood.

  2. To honor with a new title or description.

  3. To give a name to facetiously or playfully; nickname.

  4. To strike, cut, or rub (timber or leather, for example) so as to make even or smooth.

  5. To dress (a fowl).

  6. To execute (a golf stroke, for example) poorly.

n.  An awkward person or player; a bungler.

[Middle English dubben, from Old English dubbian, perhaps from Old French aduber.]
dub 2   (dŭb)   
v.   dubbed, dub·bing, dubs

v.   tr.

  1. To thrust at; poke.

  2. To beat (a drum).

v.   intr.

  1. To make a thrust.

  2. To beat on a drum.

n.  

  1. The act of dubbing.

  2. A drumbeat.


[Perhaps from Low German dubben, to hit, strike.]
dub 3   (dŭb)   
tr.v.   dubbed, dub·bing, dubs

    1. To transfer (recorded material) onto a new recording medium.

    2. To copy (a record or tape).

  2. To insert a new soundtrack, often a synchronized translation of the original dialogue, into (a film).

  3. To add (sound) into a film or tape: dub in strings behind the vocal.

n.  

  1. The new sounds added by dubbing.

  2. A dubbed copy of a tape or record.

  3. A mostly instrumental style of music originating in Jamaica, produced by remixing existing recordings to emphasize bass and drum rhythms and adding audio effects


[Short for double.]
dub'ber n.
dub 4   (dŭb)   
n.   Scots
A puddle or small pool.

[Origin unknown.]
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Slang Dictionary
dub [dəb]

  1. tv. & in.
    to duplicate something; to copy something. : Dub this and keep a copy yourself.
  2. n.
    a duplicate; a copy. : The dub was so poor we couldn't understand the dialogue.

  3. Go to double saw(buck). :
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

dub  (1)
"give a name to," originally "make a knight," from O.E. dubbian "knight by striking with a sword" (11c.), a late word, perhaps borrowed from O.Fr. aduber "equip with arms, adorn," of uncertain origin.

dub  (2)
"add or alter sound on film," 1929, shortening of double; so called because it involves re-recording voices onto a soundtrack. The type of re-mixed reggae music was so called from 1974, probably for the same reason.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: DUB
Function: abbreviation
dysfunctional uterine bleeding
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
DUB

  1. Collinstown Airport (Dublin, Ireland)

  2. dysfunctional uterine bleeding

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Encyclopedia

dub

style of Jamaican popular music that had its genesis in the political turbulence of the late 1970s and became Jamaica's dominant music in the 1980s and '90s. Central to dancehall is the deejay, who raps, or "toasts," over a prerecorded rhythm track (bass guitar and drums), or "dub."

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