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dub

1

[ duhb ]

verb (used with object)

, dubbed, dub·bing.
  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.


dub

2

[ duhb ]

noun

, Slang.
  1. an awkward, unskillful person.

dub

3

[ duhb ]

verb (used with object)

, dubbed, dub·bing.
  1. to thrust; poke.
  2. Golf. to hit (a ball) poorly; misplay (a shot).
  3. to execute poorly.

verb (used without object)

, dubbed, dub·bing.
  1. to thrust; poke.

noun

  1. a thrust; poke.
  2. a drumbeat.

dub

4

[ duhb ]

verb (used with object)

, dubbed, dub·bing.
  1. to furnish (a film or tape) with a new soundtrack, especially one recorded in a different language.
  2. to add (music, speech, etc.) to a film or tape recording (often followed by in ).
  3. to copy (a tape or disc recording).

verb (used without object)

, dubbed, dub·bing.
  1. to copy program material from one tape recording onto another.

noun

  1. the new sounds added to a film or tape.
  2. a style of popular music based on reggae and produced by remixing previously recorded music to which audio samples and sound effects are added.

verb phrase

  1. to omit or erase (unwanted sound) on a tape or soundtrack:

    to dub out background noise.

dub

5

[ duhb ]

noun

, Chiefly Scot.
  1. a pool of water; puddle.

dub

1

/ dʌb /

verb

  1. slang.
    intr; foll by in, up, or out to contribute to the cost of (something); pay


dub

2

/ dʌb /

noun

  1. dialect.
    a pool of water; puddle

dub

3

/ dʌb /

verb

  1. informal.
    short for double-bank

dub

4

/ dʌb /

verb

  1. to alter the soundtrack of (an old recording, film, etc)
  2. tr to substitute for the soundtrack of (a film) a new soundtrack, esp in a different language
  3. tr to provide (a film or tape) with a soundtrack
  4. tr to alter (a taped soundtrack) by removing some parts and exaggerating others

noun

  1. films the new sounds added
    1. music a style of record production associated with reggae, involving the removal or exaggeration of instrumental parts, extensive use of echo, etc
    2. ( as modifier )

      a dub mix

dub

5

/ dʌb /

verb

  1. tr to invest (a person) with knighthood by the ritual of tapping on the shoulder with a sword
  2. tr to invest with a title, name, or nickname
  3. tr to dress (leather) by rubbing
  4. angling to dress (a fly)

noun

  1. the sound of a drum

dub

6

/ dʌb /

noun

  1. a clumsy or awkward person or player

verb

  1. to bungle (a shot), as in golf

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Other Words From

  • dub·ber noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dub1

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English dubben, late Old English (assumed) dubbian (in phrase dubbade tō ridere “dubbed to knight(hood)”), from Anglo-French dubber, dobber, douber, shortened form of ad(o)uber, equivalent to prefix a- (from Latin ad- “to”) + do(u)ber, from Old Low Franconian (assumed) dubban “to strike, beat,” cognate with Low German dubben; a- 5( def ), dub 3, daube

Origin of dub2

First recorded in 1885–90; of expressive origin, flub, flubdub, dub 3

Origin of dub3

First recorded in 1505–15; apparently same word (with older sense) as dub 1

Origin of dub4

First recorded in 1925–30; short for double

Origin of dub5

First recorded in 1490–1500; of obscure origin; perhaps akin to Middle Low German dobbe “pond, puddle”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dub1

C19: of obscure origin

Origin of dub2

C16: Scottish dialect dubbe; related to Middle Low German dobbe

Origin of dub3

C20: shortened from double

Origin of dub4

Old English dubbian; related to Old Norse dubba to dub a knight, Old High German tubili plug, peg

Origin of dub5

C19: of uncertain origin

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. dub bright, Shipbuilding. to shave off the outer surface of the planking of (a ship).

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Example Sentences

Support for the royals rose to 35-year highs, leading some wags to dub Prince George “the Republican slayer”.

Over 60 percent call themselves socially liberal while less than half dub themselves fiscally liberal.

The latest purge prompted Carl Bildt, Sweden's foreign minister, to dub Mr Kim's regime “the empire of horror.”

To combat the malaise, fast food joints are pursuing a high-low strategy, or, as I prefer to dub it, the “Moms and Bros” strategy.

Unpredictably, he has also worked for, of all things, the road crew of Australian hip-hop/reggae artist Dub FX.

Then the friars call the natives Spaniards and the military officers own us as their sons and they dub us brave soldiers.

And, whenever you see a Dub kidding a Lout, you can be assured that the dub is trying to lift himself above a similar rating.

Turpin treated him as he had done the dub at the knapping jigger, and cleared the driver and his little wain with ease.

Another, with ‘a fair round belly,’ no doubt, they dub Simon Paunch.

The ordinary dub thinks what he should have done to avoid disaster after it is all over; Bartholomew thought before.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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