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dub
1[ duhb ]
verb (used with object)
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
2[ duhb ]
noun
- an awkward, unskillful person.
dub
3[ duhb ]
verb (used with object)
- to thrust; poke.
- Golf. to hit (a ball) poorly; misplay (a shot).
- to execute poorly.
verb (used without object)
- to thrust; poke.
noun
- a thrust; poke.
- a drumbeat.
dub
4[ duhb ]
verb (used with object)
- to furnish (a film or tape) with a new soundtrack, especially one recorded in a different language.
- to add (music, speech, etc.) to a film or tape recording (often followed by in ).
- to copy (a tape or disc recording).
verb (used without object)
- to copy program material from one tape recording onto another.
noun
- the new sounds added to a film or tape.
- a style of popular music based on reggae and produced by remixing previously recorded music to which audio samples and sound effects are added.
verb phrase
- to omit or erase (unwanted sound) on a tape or soundtrack:
to dub out background noise.
dub
5[ duhb ]
noun
- a pool of water; puddle.
dub
1/ 诲蕦产 /
verb
- 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
dub
2/ 诲蕦产 /
verb
- 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
dub
3/ 诲蕦产 /
verb
- informal.short for double-bank
dub
4/ 诲蕦产 /
noun
- a clumsy or awkward person or player
verb
- to bungle (a shot), as in golf
dub
5/ 诲蕦产 /
noun
- dialect.a pool of water; puddle
dub
6/ 诲蕦产 /
verb
- slang.intr; foll by in, up, or out to contribute to the cost of (something); pay
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 诲耻产路产别谤 noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of dub1
Origin of dub5
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of dub1
Origin of dub2
Origin of dub3
Origin of dub4
Origin of dub5
Idioms and Phrases
- dub bright, Shipbuilding. to shave off the outer surface of the planking of (a ship).
Example Sentences
The 鈥淢exican Auschwitz,鈥 as it has been dubbed, became a national scandal that raged for weeks.
Ennahdha governed the North African nation for a short while after a popular uprising dubbed the Arab Spring.
Valentina is trying to genetically modify human test subjects to create her own fighter dubbed the 鈥淕olden Guardian of Good.鈥
Former Times staff writer Daryl H. Miller dubbed Pointer a 鈥渘atural beauty.鈥
The rights group urged Kenyans to sign a petition calling for a public inquiry into the killings during what were dubbed the #OccupyParliament protests.
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About This 亚洲网紅露点
What else does dub mean?
Where did dub come from?
Dub, for 鈥渢o nickname鈥 (1600s) someone, comes from dubbing someone a knight ceremonially with a sword (1100s).
Many other senses emerged over the centuries, including slang for 鈥渁 fool鈥 and a bad shot in golf, also called a duff.
Dub was shortened from double in the 1920s. This dubbing is providing another soundtrack to a film, especially in a different language (e.g., a film dubbed into English), or a musical recording (overdubs).
Musical dubbing (doubling a recording or adding tracks) supplied the name of Dub music. Dub stemmed from Jamaican reggae in the 1960s and features remixes of earlier reggae recordings. It influenced a genre of electronic dance music, dubstep, in London in the 1990s, popularized by the musician Skrillex in the 2000s.
Dub for double was slang for $20 (double ten) in the 1940s and for $20 worth of a drug in the 2010s, as seen in some hip-hop lyrics. Speaking of drugs, dub named a cigarette in the 1970s and then a marijuana joint in the 1990s, perhaps as a form of doobie.
Finally, dub can be short for the letter W, based on its pronunciation. George W. Bush went by Dubya by 2000. Later in the 20th century, dub became slang for 鈥渁 win (in sports),鈥 a stand-in for W.
Who uses dub?
Dub sees wide use when it means 鈥渢o give a name鈥 to someone, usually an unofficial one like a nickname (e.g., We dubbed him Fiver since he was always five minutes late to meetings). It also sees playfully lofty use in reference to its original knighting.
Should a team win a game or a person experience some victory, they make take the dub.
NORTHMEN TAKE THE DUB鈥硷笍 Amazing game boys! Final score was 20-17, and OP has its best winning record in years!
鈥 Northmen Sports (@N2SportsOakPark)
Raina Perez and Jade Vega getting that media time after their big dub!
鈥 Titans Women鈥檚 Basketball (@FullertonWBB)
Dubbing is still very common in its foreign-language, voice-over sense. In the anime community, for instance, a debate rages over whether it鈥檚 better to watch a film in a dubbed or subbed (subtitled) version.
More examples of dub:
鈥淗e also says he鈥檇 love to do a real dub-meets-metal band, even if he鈥檚 the only one who likes it. Which frankly might end up being pretty cool.鈥
鈥擥reg Kennelty, Metal Injection, September 2018
Note
This content is not meant to be a formal definition of this term. Rather, it is an informal summary that seeks to provide supplemental information and context important to know or keep in mind about the term鈥檚 history, meaning, and usage.
Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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