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dubbing

1 American  
[duhb-ing] / ˈdʌb ɪŋ /

noun

  1. the conferring of knighthood; accolade.

  2. Angling. the material used for the body of an artificial fly.

  3. dubbin.

dubbing 2 American  
[duhb-ing] / ˈdʌb ɪŋ /

noun

  1. the act or process of furnishing a film or tape with a new sound track or adding music, sound effects, etc., to an existing one.

dubbing 1 British  
/ ˈdʌbɪŋ /

noun

  1. the replacement of a soundtrack in one language by one in another language

  2. the combination of several soundtracks into a single track

  3. the addition of a soundtrack to a film or broadcast

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dubbing 2 British  
/ ˈdʌbɪŋ /

noun

  1. angling hair or fur spun on waxed silk and added to the body of an artificial fly to give it shape

  2. a variant of dubbin

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Etymology

Origin of dubbing1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English; dub 1 + -ing 1

Origin of dubbing2

First recorded in 1925–30; dub 4 + -ing 1

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