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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
The researchers dub that conserved area a “Global Safety Net,” mapping out regions that can meet critical conservation and climate goals in a study published September 4 in Science Advances.
For the past few months, we have been fielding a regular survey dubbed the Events Participation Index, and for the most part it has shown that attitudes about traveling to attend in-person business events are at large negative.
There’s even a third-party service dubbed iOS Reject Rescue, designed to help developers navigate through the unpredictable approval process.
Chan Kung, founder, Anbound Research Center Last month, President Xi Jinping launched an initiative dubbed Operation Empty Plate to safeguard China’s food security.
Then two years later, so did Wimdu, a Berlin-based company that some dubbed a clone.
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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About This Word
What else does dub mean?
Where did dub come from?
Dub, for “to nickname” (1600s) someone, comes from dubbing someone a knight ceremonially with a sword (1100s).
Many other senses emerged over the centuries, including slang for “a fool” and a bad shot in golf, also called a duff.
Dub was shortened from double in the 1920s. This dubbing is providing another soundtrack to a film, especially in a different language (e.g., a film dubbed into English), or a musical recording (overdubs).
Musical dubbing (doubling a recording or adding tracks) supplied the name of Dub music. Dub stemmed from Jamaican reggae in the 1960s and features remixes of earlier reggae recordings. It influenced a genre of electronic dance music, dubstep, in London in the 1990s, popularized by the musician Skrillex in the 2000s.
Dub for double was slang for $20 (double ten) in the 1940s and for $20 worth of a drug in the 2010s, as seen in some hip-hop lyrics. Speaking of drugs, dub named a cigarette in the 1970s and then a marijuana joint in the 1990s, perhaps as a form of doobie.
Finally, dub can be short for the letter W, based on its pronunciation. George W. Bush went by Dubya by 2000. Later in the 20th century, dub became slang for “a win (in sports),” a stand-in for W.
Who uses dub?
Dub sees wide use when it means “to give a name” to someone, usually an unofficial one like a nickname (e.g., We dubbed him Fiver since he was always five minutes late to meetings). It also sees playfully lofty use in reference to its original knighting.
Should a team win a game or a person experience some victory, they make take the dub.
NORTHMEN TAKE THE DUB‼️ Amazing game boys! Final score was 20-17, and OP has its best winning record in years! pic.twitter.com/6aDLRhGeeR
— Northmen Sports (@N2SportsOakPark) October 20, 2018
Raina Perez and Jade Vega getting that media time after their big dub! pic.twitter.com/gLvEJNLxnb
— Titans Women’s Basketball (@FullertonWBB) November 29, 2018
Dubbing is still very common in its foreign-language, voice-over sense. In the anime community, for instance, a debate rages over whether it’s better to watch a film in a dubbed or subbed (subtitled) version.
More examples of dub:
“He also says he’d love to do a real dub-meets-metal band, even if he’s the only one who likes it. Which frankly might end up being pretty cool.”
—Greg Kennelty, Metal Injection, September 2018
Note
This content is not meant to be a formal definition of this term. Rather, it is an informal summary that seeks to provide supplemental information and context important to know or keep in mind about the term’s history, meaning, and usage.
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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