dub
verbEtymology
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.
Definitions
To confer knighthood
To confer knighthood; the conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with a sword, the accolade.
- You promiſt Knighthood to our forward ſonne, / Vnſheath your ſword, and dub him preſently.
- It occurred to him that he had not been dubbed a knight, and that according to the law of chivalry he neither could nor ought to bear arms against any knight; […].
To name, to entitle, to call.
- They tripped along the murky aisles with the rest of the company, visiting the familiar wonders of the cave—wonders dubbed with rather over-descriptive names, such as “The Drawing-Room,” “The Cathedral,” Aladdin’s Palace,” and so on.
To deem.
- A man of wealth is dubbed a man of worth.
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To clothe or invest
To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.
- His diadem was dropped down / Dubbed with stones.
To strike, rub, or dress smooth
To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab.
- to dub a stick of timber smooth
To prepare (a gamecock) for fighting, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb…
To prepare (a gamecock) for fighting, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles.
To make a noise by brisk drumbeats.
- Now the drum dubb's.
To do something badly.
To execute a shot poorly.
A blow, thrust, or poke.
- And kettle-drums, whose sullen dub Sounds like the hooping of a tub
A poorly executed shot.
An unskillful, awkward person.
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 mix audio tracks to produce a new sound; to remix.
A mostly instrumental remix with all or part of the vocals removed.
A style of reggae music involving mixing of different audio tracks.
- It’s also burnished by intriguing sense of vaguely dub-influenced space. At one point, it breaks down to little more than a stabbing, echoing organ with a vintage reggae flavour.
A trend in music starting in 2009, in which bass distortion is synced off timing to…
A trend in music starting in 2009, in which bass distortion is synced off timing to electronic dance music.
- But I think my bass playing is definitely dub-influenced.
- Dyl’s polyrhythmic grooves on The Subsurface Project fuse dub techno and drum & bass, mixing modular sounds with hints of warm, jittery jungle.
- It reminded me of that classic Full Cycle vibe of jazzy soulful sounds blending with dub bass and fx.
A piece of graffiti in metallic colour with a thick black outline.
- […] we climbed up the scaffolding and did these gold little dubs and you couldn't see them.
- The year 1998 was alive with graffiti and trains pulling up with dubs on their sides.
The replacement of a voice part in a movie or cartoon, particularly with a translation
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.
- When I pull up out front, you see the Benz on dubs.
To open or close.
- "Crash the cull—down with him—down with him before he dubs the jigger. Tip him the degan, Fib, fake him through and through; if he pikes we shall all be scragged."
A lock.
A key, especially a master key
A key, especially a master key; a lock pick.
- […]going upon the dobbin, is a woman dressed like a servant maid, no hat nor cloak on, a bunch of young dubs by her side, which are a bunch of small keys[…]
Clipping of double-u.
- World Wide Web or WWW Pronouncing this "dub dub dub" (with no rub-a) will definitely establish you as an insider.
- I once met a gaggle of Aussies who'd paid thousands of dollars out of their own pockets for airfare and registration to attend an annual Apple convention called the Worldwide Developers Conference, or WWDC—or, in this crowd, “Dub Dub.”
A small copper coin once used in India.
Initialism of dysfunctional uterine bleeding.
A Dubliner.
- There is a distinction between Dubliners on the one hand and "rednecks" on the other. […] The Dubs historically went to Liverpool and Birmingham, so they don't have the connections.
- I did the Pat Kenny show one night and talked about coming from the bottom up, and I got numerous letters, saying to hear somebody with a Dub accent running the brewery was unbelievable.
- Eric released her, grinning. You're a Dub anyway, he said.
Abbreviation of University of Dublin, used especially following post-nominal letters…
Abbreviation of University of Dublin, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for dub. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA