- (transitive) to invest (a person) with knighthood by the ritual of tapping on the shoulder with a sword
- (transitive) to invest with a title, name, or nickname
- (transitive) to dress (leather) by rubbing
- to dress (a fly)
- the sound of a drum
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2017
dub1 /dʌb/USA pronunciation
v. [~ + object + object], dubbed, dub•bing,
dub4 /dʌb/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], dubbed, dub•bing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2017- to give a name, nickname, or title:He was dubbed a hero.
- to make or designate (someone) a knight by lightly touching him on the shoulder with a sword:I dub thee Sir Lancelot.
dub4 /dʌb/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], dubbed, dub•bing.
- Sound Reproductionto furnish (a film or tape) with a new soundtrack:The movie was poorly dubbed.
- Sound Reproductionto add (music, etc.) to a recording:dubbed in the music.
dub1
(dub),USA pronunciation v., dubbed, dub•bing,
v.t.
dub2 (dub),USA pronunciation n. [Slang.]
dub3 (dub),USA pronunciation v., dubbed, dub•bing, n.
v.t.
v.i.
n.
dub4 (dub),USA pronunciation v., dubbed, dub•bing, n.
v.t.
v.i.
n.
dub5 (dub),USA pronunciation n. [Chiefly Scot.]
v.t.
- 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 bright, [Shipbuilding.]to shave off the outer surface of the planking of (a ship).
- Old Low Franconian *dubban to strike, beat, cognate with Low German dubben, dub3; compare daube
- Anglo-French dubber, dobber, douber, aphetic form of ad(o)uber, equivalent. to a- a-5 + -do(u)ber
- Middle English dubben, late Old English *dubbian (in phrase dubbade tō ridere dubbed to knight(hood)), 1175–1225
dub2 (dub),USA pronunciation n. [Slang.]
- Slang Termsan awkward, unskillful person.
- of expressive origin, originally, compare flub, flubdub, dub3 1885–90
dub3 (dub),USA pronunciation v., dubbed, dub•bing, n.
v.t.
- to thrust;
poke. - Sport[Golf.]to hit (a ball) poorly;
misplay (a shot). - to execute poorly.
v.i.
- to thrust;
poke.
n.
- a thrust;
poke. - Music and Dancea drumbeat.
- apparently same word (with older sense) as dub1 1505–15
dub4 (dub),USA pronunciation v., dubbed, dub•bing, n.
v.t.
- Sound Reproductionto furnish (a film or tape) with a new sound track, as one recorded in the language of the country of import.
- Sound Reproductionto add (music, speech, etc.) to a film or tape recording (often fol. by in).
- Sound Reproductionto copy (a tape or disc recording).
v.i.
- Sound Reproductionto copy program material from one tape recording onto another.
- Sound Reproductiondub out, to omit or erase (unwanted sound) on a tape or sound track:to dub out background noise.
n.
- Sound Reproductionthe new sounds added to a film or tape.
- short for double 1925–30
dub5 (dub),USA pronunciation n. [Chiefly Scot.]
- Scottish Termsa pool of water;
puddle.
- 1490–1500; of obscure origin, originally; perh. akin to German Tümpel pond, puddle
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
dub /dʌb/ vb (dubs, dubbing, dubbed)
dub /dʌb/ vb (dubs, dubbing, dubbed)
- to alter the soundtrack of (an old recording, film, etc)
- (transitive) to substitute for the soundtrack of (a film) a new soundtrack, esp in a different language
- (transitive) to provide (a film or tape) with a soundtrack
- (transitive) to alter (a taped soundtrack) by removing some parts and exaggerating others
- the new sounds added
- 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 /dʌb/ vb (dubs, dubbing, dubbed)
- Austral NZ informal
short for double-bank
'dub' also found in these entries:
Gaillard Cut
- daube
- double-bank
- doubt
- dubbin
- dubbing
- knight
- name
- overdub
- rub-a-dub
- scratching