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
2. 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

Other Words From

• dub·ber noun

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”

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

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

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

Example Sentences

He also wanted the same musicians’ fingerprints on each song, even though they hop from nouveau dub to R&B ballad to folk.

From Los Angeles Times

During the two terms of the Obama administration - when Mr Biden was vice-president - more than three million people were deported, leading some immigration reform advocates to dub Barack Obama the "deporter-in-chief".

From BBC

All we know for sure after that, is that by May she was in Detention Centre No. 2 in Taganrog, southern Russia – a facility so notorious for the brutal treatment of many Ukrainians that some dub it the "Russian Guantanamo".

From BBC

Ironically, many opponents now dub Morena the “new PRI,” saying it has tried to cover up rising violence and “disappearances” and handed over unprecedented power to the military — a critique rejected by Sheinbaum.

From Los Angeles Times

Kefauver lost, but his campaign was influential in starting the process of making primaries paramount in choosing presidents, leading journalist Theodore H. White to dub Kefauver "the godfather of the American presidential primary system."

From Salon

Related Words

• designate
• nickname