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dubbed

1 American  
[duhbd] / dʌbd /

adjective

  1. given a specified name, title, nickname, or other designation.

    In his new line of glam fashions, the aptly dubbed “King of Sequins” draws on pop-culture references to bring the dazzling red-carpet world to street-ready life.

  2. having had knighthood conferred by a monarch in a special ceremony.

    Though he was a newly dubbed knight, he was trusted early with several commands because of his prior successful campaigns.

  3. (of leather or timber) cut, rubbed, or made smooth.

    The bracelet is of dubbed leather with a thickness of 2 mm, black in color.

verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of dub.

dubbed 2 American  
[duhbd] / dʌbd /

adjective

  1. (of a film or tape) furnished with a new soundtrack, especially one recorded in a different language.

    A lot of mainstream cinemas don't like to show dubbed films because of the difficulty of syncing speech to actors’ mouth movements.

  2. (of music, speech, or sound effects) added to a film or tape recording.

    This film has opening and closing titles with some dubbed sound and music, but no dialogue.

  3. (of an audio recording) copied or being a copy.

    I can't tell you how many mornings I spent listening to this album on a dubbed cassette tape, back when I was 12 years old.

verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of dub.

Etymology

Origin of dubbed1

dub 1 ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. )

Origin of dubbed2

dub 4 ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. )

Example Sentences

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Last year, OpenAI agreed to roll out AI infrastructure in the U.K. with Nvidia and AI startup Nscale to satisfy its power needs in the country as part of a project dubbed Stargate U.K.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

CEO Elon Musk tweeted a picture of a Tesla designed microchip, dubbed AI5.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

A data breach at travel giant Booking.com is leading to a fresh wave of scams recently dubbed "reservation hijacks".

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Her Coachella show on Friday was an elaborate Hollywood-themed production — dubbed “Sabrinawood” — packed with references to classic movies, including a dance from 1987’s “Dirty Dancing,” and celebrity cameos.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

He had once kept an ancient raven, which he’d dubbed Edgar Allan Crow, and he’d labored for years to get the bird to speak the word nevermore.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

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