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baptize, call, christen, designate, entitle, style, term, title, bungler, bestow, boggle, botch

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dub

1 [duhb]

verb, dubbed, dub⋅bing,

–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

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Language Translation for : dub

Spanish:

doblar,

German:

synchronisieren,

Japanese:

吹き替えをする

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dub

2 [duhb]

–noun Slang.

an awkward, unskillful person.

Origin:
1885–90; of expressive orig., cf. flub, flubdub, dub ³

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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

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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

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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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dub¹ (dŭb) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. dubbed, dub·bing, dubs

To tap lightly on the shoulder by way of conferring knighthood.
To honor with a new title or description.
To give a name to facetiously or playfully; nickname.
To strike, cut, or rub (timber or leather, for example) so as to make even or smooth.
To dress (a fowl).
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.]

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dub²   (dŭb) Pronunciation Key
v.   dubbed, dub·bing, dubs

v.   tr.

To thrust at; poke.
To beat (a drum).

v. intr.

To make a thrust.
To beat on a drum.

The act of dubbing.
A drumbeat.

[Perhaps from Low German dubben, to hit, strike.]

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dub³ (dŭb) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. dubbed, dub·bing, dubs

1. To transfer (recorded material) onto a new recording medium.
2. To copy (a record or tape).
To insert a new soundtrack, often a synchronized translation of the original dialogue, into (a film).
To add (sound) into a film or tape: dub in strings behind the vocal.

The new sounds added by dubbing.
A dubbed copy of a tape or record.
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.

dub⁴ (dŭb) Pronunciation Key
n. Scots
A puddle or small pool.

[Origin unknown.]

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.

dub
noun
1.	the new sounds added by dubbing
verb
1.	give a nickname to
2.	provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language
3.	raise (someone) to knighthood; "The Beatles were knighted" [syn: knight]

Main Entry: DUB
Function: abbreviation
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Dub

Dub\ (d[u^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dubbed (d[u^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. Dubbing.] [AS. dubban to strike, beat ("dubbade his sunu . . . to r[=i]dere." --AS. Chron. an. 1086); akin to Icel. dubba; cf. OF. adouber (prob. fr. Icel.) a chevalier, Icel. dubba til riddara.]

1. To confer knighthood upon; as, the king dubbed his son Henry a knight.

Note: The conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with the sword.

2. To invest with any dignity or new character; to entitle; to call.

A man of wealth is dubbed a man of worth. --Pope.

3. To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn. [Obs.]

His diadem was dropped down Dubbed with stones. --Morte d'Arthure.

4. To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab; as: (a) To dress with an adz; as, to dub a stick of timber smooth. (b) To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap. --Halliwell. (c) To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of cyrrying it. --Tomlinson. (d) To prepare for fighting, as a gamecock, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles.

To dub a fly, to dress a fishing fly. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.

To dub out (Plastering), to fill out, as an uneven surface, to a plane, or to carry out a series of small projections.

Dub

Dub\, v. i. To make a noise by brisk drumbeats. "Now the drum dubs." --Beau. & Fl.

Dub

Dub\, n. A blow. [R.] --Hudibras.

Dub

Dub\, n. [Cf. Ir. d['o]b mire, stream, W. dwvr water.] A pool or puddle. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.

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