dub
dub Lexical Profile
dub Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To give an unofficial name, nickname, or descriptive title to someone or something.
"Local journalists quickly dubbed the newly discovered archaeological site the 'Lost City of Gold.'"
To replace the original spoken dialogue of a film or television program with a recorded soundtrack in a different language, or to add additional sound effects and music to a recording.
"The studio hired experienced voice actors to dub the foreign documentary into Spanish and French."
To confer knighthood upon someone by the ceremonial tap of a sword on the shoulder.
"During the solemn ceremony at the palace, the monarch knelt to dub the valiant soldier a knight."
• noun
A film, television show, or audio recording in which the original spoken dialogue has been replaced with a translation in another language.
"Many viewers prefer watching the original Japanese animation with subtitles rather than the English dub."
A subgenre of reggae music originating in Jamaica in the late 1960s, characterized by instrumental remixes, prominent bass and drum tracks, and heavy use of echo and reverb effects.
"The producer's pioneering work in Jamaican dub heavily influenced the development of modern electronic music."
North American A win or victory in a game or competition (informal slang, shortened from the letter 'W').
"The basketball team secured an easy dub in their opening tournament match."
• Rhymes for dub
Word Origin & Etymology
The sense of conferring knighthood or a title comes from late Old English 'dubbian', borrowed from Old French 'aduber' (meaning to equip with armor or strike with a sword). The modern audio and film sense emerged in the 1920s as a clipping of 'double', referring to the duplication or addition of a soundtrack.