dubbing
dubbing Lexical Profile
dubbing Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The post-production process of recording and replacing voices on a motion picture or television soundtrack, especially to translate the original dialogue into a different language, or to add additional sound effects and music.
"Many viewers prefer watching foreign films with subtitles rather than dubbing to hear the actors' original voices."
The ceremonial act of conferring knighthood by tapping a person's shoulder with a sword, or the act of bestowing a nickname or title upon someone.
"The historical pageant concluded with a reenactment of the monarch's dubbing of the realm's bravest knights."
A waterproof mixture of oil and tallow rubbed into leather boots, shoes, or equipment to soften and preserve the material.
"The cobbler applied a generous layer of dubbing to the hiking boots to protect the leather from winter slush."
In fly fishing, fine fur, wool, or synthetic fibers spun onto a waxed thread to form the body of an artificial fly.
"The angler selected a blend of hare's ear fur as dubbing to give the artificial nymph a realistic, buggy appearance."
• Rhymes for dubbing
Word Origin & Etymology
The film and audio sense derives in the 1920s from the verb 'dub', shortened from 'double' (referring to doubling a voice or soundtrack). The older senses derive from Old English 'dubbian' (to confer knighthood) and Middle English 'dubben' (to dress or smear leather with grease).