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dub bright

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dub

1  [duhb] verb, dubbed, dub⋅bing,
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–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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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  (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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