English Explanatory Dictionary

dub

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To confer knighthood; the conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with a sword, the accolade.
  2. To name, to entitle, to call.
  3. To deem.
  4. To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.
  5. To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab.
  6. To dress with an adze.
  7. To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap.
  8. To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of currying it.
  9. To dress a fishing fly.
  10. To prepare (a gamecock) for fighting, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles.
verb
  1. To make a noise by brisk drumbeats.
  2. To do something badly.
  3. To execute a shot poorly.
noun
  1. A blow, thrust, or poke.
  2. A poorly executed shot.
noun
  1. An unskillful, awkward person.
verb
  1. To add sound to film or change audio on film.
  2. To make a copy from an original or master audio tape.
  3. To replace the original soundtrack of a film with a synchronized translation
  4. To mix audio tracks to produce a new sound; to remix.
noun
  1. A mostly instrumental remix with all or part of the vocals removed.
  2. A style of reggae music involving mixing of different audio tracks.
  3. A trend in music starting in 2009, in which bass distortion is synced off timing to electronic dance music.
  4. A piece of graffiti in metallic colour with a thick black outline.
  5. The replacement of a voice part in a movie or cartoon, particularly with a translation; an instance of dubbing.
noun
  1. A pool or puddle.
noun
  1. A twenty-dollar sack of marijuana.
  2. A wheel rim measuring 20 inches or more.
verb
  1. To open or close.
noun
  1. A lock.
  2. A key, especially a master key; a lock pick.
noun
  1. Clipping of double-u.
  2. A win.
noun
  1. A small copper coin once used in India.
noun
  1. Initialism of dysfunctional uterine bleeding.
noun
  1. A Dubliner.
name
  1. Abbreviation of University of Dublin, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.

Pronunciation

/dʌb/ /dɐb/ En-au-dub.ogg /dʊb/

Word forms

dub dubs dubbing dubbed

Etymology

From Middle English dubben, from Old English dubbian (“to knight by striking with a sword, dub”) from Old French adober (“to equip with arms; adorn”) (also 11th century, Modern French adouber), both from Proto-West Germanic *dubbōn, from Proto-Germanic *dub- (“to hit, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“plug, peg, wedge”). Cognate with Icelandic dubba (in dubba til riddara). Compare also drub for an English reflex of the Germanic word.

Synonyms

knight designate name bename call clepe denominate dub entitle nominate style term consider think of account appraise count esteem see censure deem hold find interpret judge look upon regard as respect view as deck out embellish adore adorn apparel array invest detail beautify bedeck betrim commend decorate decore deck do up dress up enrich garnish grace mangonize ornament prettify pretty up voice acting

Related words

ADR revoice lub-dub rubby-dub U of Dub

Derived words

dubbable undub dubber dub out misdub overdub predub redub dubbese dubby dubdown dublike dubplate dub poetry dub ska dubstep dubtitle dubtronica dubwise fandub lip dub dub sack dub up dub-cove dub-lay dubsman Vee Dub
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