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dub
1[ duhb ]
verb (used with object)
He was dubbed a hero.
- to strike lightly with a sword in the ceremony of conferring knighthood; make, or designate as, a knight:
The king dubbed him a knight.
- to strike, cut, rub, or make smooth, as leather or timber.
dub
2[ duhb ]
noun
- an awkward, unskillful person.
dub
3[ duhb ]
verb (used with object)
- to thrust; poke.
- Golf. to hit (a ball) poorly; misplay (a shot).
- to execute poorly.
verb (used without object)
- to thrust; poke.
noun
- a thrust; poke.
- a drumbeat.
dub
4[ duhb ]
verb (used with object)
- to furnish (a film or tape) with a new soundtrack, especially one recorded in a different language.
- to add (music, speech, etc.) to a film or tape recording (often followed by in ).
- to copy (a tape or disc recording).
verb (used without object)
- to copy program material from one tape recording onto another.
noun
- the new sounds added to a film or tape.
- 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
- to omit or erase (unwanted sound) on a tape or soundtrack:
to dub out background noise.
dub
5[ duhb ]
noun
- a pool of water; puddle.
dub
1/ dʌb /
verb
- slang.intr; foll by in, up, or out to contribute to the cost of (something); pay
dub
2/ dʌb /
noun
- dialect.a pool of water; puddle
dub
3/ dʌb /
verb
- informal.short for double-bank
dub
4/ dʌb /
verb
- to alter the soundtrack of (an old recording, film, etc)
- tr to substitute for the soundtrack of (a film) a new soundtrack, esp in a different language
- tr to provide (a film or tape) with a soundtrack
- tr to alter (a taped soundtrack) by removing some parts and exaggerating others
noun
- films the new sounds added
- music a style of record production associated with reggae, involving the removal or exaggeration of instrumental parts, extensive use of echo, etc
- ( as modifier )
a dub mix
dub
5/ dʌb /
verb
- tr to invest (a person) with knighthood by the ritual of tapping on the shoulder with a sword
- tr to invest with a title, name, or nickname
- tr to dress (leather) by rubbing
- angling to dress (a fly)
noun
- the sound of a drum
dub
6/ dʌb /
noun
- a clumsy or awkward person or player
verb
- to bungle (a shot), as in golf
Other Words From
- dub·ber noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of dub1
Origin of dub5
Word History and Origins
Origin of dub1
Origin of dub2
Origin of dub3
Origin of dub4
Origin of dub5
Idioms and Phrases
- dub bright, Shipbuilding. to shave off the outer surface of the planking of (a ship).
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
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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