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dubber

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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

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
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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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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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