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Dub

Dub Meaning & Definition
Dub Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dub?

[v] provide with a soundtrack of a foreign language; of films
[v] give a nickname to
[v] invest with knighthood; make of knight of

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dub: knight | nickname

Related Terms | Find terms related to Dub: baptize | blow | blunder | bobble | boggle | bollix | butterfingers | call | christen | clumsy | dab | define | denominate | designate | double | drag | dress | duffer | entitle | equalize | even | flatten | flub | fluff | foozler | foul-up | fumble-fist | goof | goof up | goofball | goofer | grade | grease | harrow | hick | identify | label | lay | level | lubricate | lummox | lump | mow | muff | muffer | name | nickname | nominate | oil | plane | planish | plaster | rube | shave | slob | smooth | smooth down | smooth out | specify | stumblebum | stumblebunny | style | tag | term | title

See Also | appoint | call | charge | interpret | name | render | synchronise | synchronize | translate

Dub In Webster's Dictionary

\Dub\ (d[u^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dubbed} (d[u^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dubbing}.] [AS. dubban to strike, beat (``dubbade his sunu . . . to r[=i]dere.'' --AS. Chron. an. 1086); akin to Icel. dubba; cf. OF. adouber (prob. fr. Icel.) a chevalier, Icel. dubba til riddara.] 1. To confer knighthood upon; as, the king dubbed his son Henry a knight. Note: The conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with the sword. 2. To invest with any dignity or new character; to entitle; to call. A man of wealth is dubbed a man of worth. --Pope. 3. To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn. [Obs.] His diadem was dropped down Dubbed with stones. --Morte d'Arthure. 4. To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab; as: (a) To dress with an adz; as, to dub a stick of timber smooth. (b) To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap. --Halliwell. (c) To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of cyrrying it. --Tomlinson. (d) To prepare for fighting, as a gamecock, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles. {To dub a fly}, to dress a fishing fly. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. {To dub out} (Plastering), to fill out, as an uneven surface, to a plane, or to carry out a series of small projections.
\Dub\, v. i. To make a noise by brisk drumbeats. ``Now the drum dubs.'' --Beau. & Fl.
\Dub\, n. A blow. [R.] --Hudibras.
\Dub\, n. [Cf. Ir. d['o]b mire, stream, W. dwvr water.] A pool or puddle. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.

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