call, name; confer knighthood upon, invest with a title; strike; poke; thrust; record a new soundtrack for a film or tape (often in a different language); add new music or other sounds to an existing recording
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Dub Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab;
To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab;
(v. t.)
To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap.
To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap.
(v. t.)
To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of cyrrying it.
To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of cyrrying it.
(v. t.)
To prepare for fighting, as a gamecock, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles.
To prepare for fighting, as a gamecock, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles.
(v. t.)
To invest with any dignity or new character; to entitle; to call.
To invest with any dignity or new character; to entitle; to call.
(v. t.)
To dress with an adz; as, to dub a stick of timber smooth.
To dress with an adz; as, to dub a stick of timber smooth.
(v. t.)
To confer knighthood upon; as, the king dubbed his son Henry a knight.
To confer knighthood upon; as, the king dubbed his son Henry a knight.
(v. t.)
To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.
To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.
(v. i.)
To make a noise by brisk drumbeats.
To make a noise by brisk drumbeats.
(n.)
A pool or puddle.
A pool or puddle.
(n.)
A blow.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA blow.
dub
\dub\ (?), v. i. to make a noise by brisk drumbeats. "now the drum dubs." & fl.
dub
\dub\, n. a blow. [r.]
dub
\dub\, n. [cf. ir. d?b mire, stream, w. dwvr water.] a pool or puddle. [prov. eng.]
dub
\dub\ (dŭb), v. t. [imp. & p. p. dubbed (dŭbd); p. pr. & vb. n. dubbing.] [as. dubban to strike, beat ("dubbade his sunu to rīdere." 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.
3. to clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn. [obs.] his diadem was dropped down dubbed with stones.
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. (c) to rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of cyrrying it. on. (d) to prepare for fighting, as a gamecock, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles.
similar words(4)
to dub a fly
rub-a-dub
ruba-dub
to dub out
Meaning
Pub.
Origin
Cockney rhyming slang.
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Origin
Cockney rhyming slang.
1. instrumental version of a Jamaican reggae song emphasising drums and bass as well as a variety of production effects, often used as a backing for toasting; 2. musical genre based on such songs; 3. (rhyming slang) pub; 4.Volkswagon of the type first produced
pub (rhyming slang)
Volkswagen
a cigarette
a lockpick
a skilled lock picker
Twenty. Often in reference to a twenty dollar bill.
Verb
1. give a nickname to
(synonym) nickname
(hypernym) name, call
2. provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language
(hypernym) synchronize, synchronise
(entail) translate, interpret, render
(derivation) dubbing
(classification) movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick
3. raise (someone) to knighthood; "The Beatles were knighted"
(synonym) knight
(hypernym) ennoble, gentle, entitle
Dub Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
Dub Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
1) to make a copy of a video or audio sequence or program; 2) the copy so made; 3) to copy a new audio section into an existing video or film sequence
Dub Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Dub or dubbing may refer to:
- Accolade, the conferring of knighthood
- Dubbing (poultry), the removal of the comb, wattles and earlobes of a bird
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Dub Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
Dub Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
1) To make a copy of a recording. 2) To make a recording from one recording source while copying another so that the end result is a combination of the two.
Stanton Magnetics
To make a taped copy of any progam source record, CD, tape. Also, the copy itself. Sometimes used to refer to the ADR process. (Audio/Video)
abevipladau
n. back of body
v. improve
v. improve
Dub Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
