dub
Plural: dubs
Noun
- the new sounds added by dubbing
- A blow, thrust, or poke.
- A poorly executed shot.
- An unskillful, awkward person.
- A mostly instrumental remix with all or part of the vocals removed.
- A style of reggae music involving mixing of different audio tracks.
- A trend in music starting in 2009, in which bass distortion is synced off timing to electronic dance music.
- A piece of graffiti in metallic colour with a thick black outline.
- The replacement of a voice part in a movie or cartoon, particularly with a translation; an instance of dubbing.
- A pool or puddle.
- A twenty-dollar sack of marijuana.
- A wheel rim measuring 20 inches or more.
- A lock.
- A key, especially a master key; a lock pick.
- Clipping of double-u.
- Clipping of double-u.
- A win.
- A small copper coin once used in India.
Verb
Verb Forms: dubbed, dubbing, dubs
- To give an official title or nickname; to confer knighthood.
- give a nickname to
- provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language
- raise (someone) to knighthood
- To confer knighthood; the conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with a sword, the accolade.
- To name, to entitle, to call.
- To deem.
- To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.
- To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab.
- To dress with an adze.
- To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab.
- To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap.
- To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab.
- To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of currying it.
- To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab.
- To dress a fishing fly.
- To prepare (a gamecock) for fighting, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles.
- To make a noise by brisk drumbeats.
- To do something badly.
- To execute a shot poorly.
- To add sound to film or change audio on film.
- To make a copy from an original or master audio tape.
- To replace the original soundtrack of a film with a synchronized translation
- To mix audio tracks to produce a new sound; to remix.
- To open or close.
Examples
- I haven't had a dub in a few games.
- I will DUB this impressive seven-letter word ’The Game Changer’ in Scrabble lore.
- to dub a stick of timber smooth
Origin / 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, nickname, account, adorn, apparel, array, beautify, bedeck, bename, betrim, call, clepe, consider, count, deck, deck out, decorate, decore, deem, denominate, designate, detail, do up, dress up, dub, embellish, entitle, esteem, find, garnish, grace, hold, interpret, judge, look upon, name, nominate, ornament, prettify, pretty up, regard as, see, style, term, think of, view as
Scrabble Score: 6
dub: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddub: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dub: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary