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dub
1[duhb]
verb (used with object)
to invest with any name, character, dignity, or title; style; name; call.
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.Ìýto 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 byin ).
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/ »åÊŒ²ú /
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
2/ »åÊŒ²ú /
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
3/ »åÊŒ²ú /
noun
a clumsy or awkward person or player
verb
to bungle (a shot), as in golf
dub
4/ »åÊŒ²ú /
verb
informalÌýshort for double-bank
dub
5/ »åÊŒ²ú /
noun
dialectÌýa pool of water; puddle
dub
6/ »åÊŒ²ú /
verb
slangÌý(intr; foll by in, up, or out) to contribute to the cost of (something); pay
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- dubber noun
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of dub1
Origin of dub5
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of dub1
Origin of dub2
Origin of dub3
Origin of dub4
Origin of dub5
Idioms and Phrases
dub bright, to shave off the outer surface of the planking of (a ship).
Example Sentences
The deal comes after the March sale of the Boston Celtics basketball team to Bill Chisholm for $6.1 billion - which at that time was dubbed the priciest sale of a US sports franchise.
The event was once dubbed "Russia's Davos", but the label doesn't really apply now.
Some online versions have been dubbed so that Sheinbaum speaks in a heavily accented English.
Kushins’ comprehensive, enlightening biography of Elmore Leonard, dubbed the Dickens of Detroit.
But California officials worry their ambitious goals are likely to be thwarted by deep cuts to those federal agencies by Elon Musk’s budget-whacking White House advisory team, dubbed the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.
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When To Use
Dub has many meanings in English. It can variously mean "to nickname" and "to voice a film in a different language." It can be short for double and the letter W. It can be slang for a marijuana "joint", or $20 worth of drugs. Dub also refers to a popular genre of music derived from reggae.
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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