dub
1
[ duhb ]
/ dʌb /
verb (used with object), dubbed, dub·bing.
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.
Idioms for dub
dub bright, Shipbuilding.
to shave off the outer surface of the planking of (a ship).
Origin of dub
1
1175–1225; Middle English
dubben, late Old English
*dubbian (in phrase
dubbade tō ridere ‘dubbed to knight(hood)’), < Anglo-French
dubber, dobber, douber, aphetic form of
ad(o)uber, equivalent to
a-
a-5 +
-do(u)ber < Old Low Franconian
*dubban ‘to strike, beat’, cognate with Low German
dubben,
dub3; cf.
daube
OTHER WORDS FROM dub
dub·ber, nounWords nearby dub
Definition for dub (2 of 5)
dub
2
[ duhb ]
/ dʌb /
noun Slang.
an awkward, unskillful person.
Definition for dub (3 of 5)
dub
3
[ duhb ]
/ dʌb /
verb (used with object), dubbed, dub·bing.
to thrust; poke.
Golf.
to hit (a ball) poorly; misplay (a shot).
to execute poorly.
verb (used without object), dubbed, dub·bing.
to thrust; poke.
noun
a thrust; poke.
a drumbeat.
Origin of dub
3
First recorded in 1505–15; apparently same word (with older sense) as
dub1
Definition for dub (4 of 5)
Origin of dub
4
First recorded in 1925–30; short for
double
OTHER WORDS FROM dub
dub·ber, nounDefinition for dub (5 of 5)
dub
5
[ duhb ]
/ dʌb /
noun Chiefly Scot.
a pool of water; puddle.
Origin of dub
5
1490–1500; of obscure origin; perhaps akin to German
Tümpel ‘pond, puddle’
Example sentences from the Web for dub
British Dictionary definitions for dub (1 of 6)
dub
1
/ (dʌb) /
verb dubs, dubbing or dubbed
(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
Word Origin for dub
Old English
dubbian; related to Old Norse
dubba to dub a knight, Old High German
tubili plug, peg
British Dictionary definitions for dub (2 of 6)
dub
2
/ (dʌb) /
verb dubs, dubbing or dubbed films television
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
Word Origin for dub
C20: shortened from
double
British Dictionary definitions for dub (3 of 6)
British Dictionary definitions for dub (4 of 6)
dub
4
/ (dʌb) US and Canadian informal /
noun
a clumsy or awkward person or player
verb dubs, dubbing or dubbed
to bungle (a shot), as in golf
Word Origin for dub
C19: of uncertain origin
British Dictionary definitions for dub (5 of 6)
dub
5
/ (dʌb) /
noun
Scot and Northern English dialect
a pool of water; puddle
Word Origin for dub
C16: Scottish dialect
dubbe; related to Middle Low German
dobbe
British Dictionary definitions for dub (6 of 6)
dub
6
/ (dʌb) /
verb dubs, dubbing or dubbed
(intr; foll by in, up, or out) slang
to contribute to the cost of (something); pay
Word Origin for dub
C19: of obscure origin