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dubby

adj

Etymology

From dub + -y.

  1. derived from *dʰewbʰ-✻ — “plug, peg, wedge”
  2. derived from *dub-✻ — “to hit, strike”
  3. inherited from *dubbōn✻
  4. derived from adober — “to equip with arms; adorn”
  5. inherited from dubbian — “to knight by striking with a sword, dub”
  6. inherited from dubben
  7. suffixed as dubby — “dub + y”

Definitions

  1. In the style of dub music

    In the style of dub music; having been heavily remixed, particularly with reduced vocals or emphasised bass.

    • As this "song with no words" rose from its dubby beginning to a roaring Crescendo, MacKayre sang, […]

  2. stubby, stumpy

    stubby, stumpy; Lacking shapeliness or finesse.

    • Why is its brim an object to be perpetually plucked and pinched with dubby fingers?
    • I look just like all short, dubby, light-complexioned girls.

  3. wet and muddy

    wet and muddy; dirty

    • "Set the umbrella ready, and my pattens at the door, for I fear the roads are dubby."
    • I was going to stand on it, but my boots are a bit dubby
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Synonym of rubby-dub (“drinker of alcohol in non-beverage form”).

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