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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dub \Dub\ (d[u^]b), verb (used without an object) To make a noise by brisk drumbeats. ''Now the drum dubs.'' --Beau. & Fl.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dub \Dub\ (d[u^]b), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Dubbed} (d[u^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dubbing}.] [AS. dubban to strike, beat (''dubbade his sunu . . . to r[=i]dere.'' --AS. Chron. an. 1086); akin to Icel. dubba; cf. OF. adouber (prob. fr. Icel.) a chevalier, Icel. dubba til riddara.]
1. To confer knighthood upon; as, the king dubbed his son Henry a knight.
Note: The conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with the sword.
2. To invest with any dignity or new character; to entitle; to call.
A man of wealth is dubbed a man of worth. --Pope.
3. To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn. [Obs.]
His diadem was dropped down Dubbed with stones. --Morte d'Arthure.
4. To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab; as: (a) To dress with an adz; as, to dub a stick of timber smooth. (b) To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap. --Halliwell. (c) To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of cyrrying it. --Tomlinson. (d) To prepare for fighting, as a gamecock, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles.
{To dub a fly}, to dress a fishing fly. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
{To dub out} (Plastering), to fill out, as an uneven surface, to a plane, or to carry out a series of small projections.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dub \Dub\ (d[u^]b), verb (used with an object)
1. to add sound to an existing recording, audio or video; -- often used with in. The sound may be of any type or of any duration. [PJC]
2. to mix together two or more sound or video recordings to produce a composite recording. [PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dub \Dub\, noun [Cf. Ir. d['o]b mire, stream, W. dwvr water.] A pool or puddle. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dub \Dub\, noun A blow. [R.] --Hudibras.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dubb \Dubb\, noun [Ar.] (Zo["o]l.) The Syrian bear. See under {Bear}. [Written also {dhubb}, and {dub}.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dub
verb
1: give a nickname to [syn: {nickname}]
2: provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language
3: raise (someone) to knighthood; "The Beatles were knighted" [syn: {knight}] [also: {dubbing}, {dubbed}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
65 Moby Thesaurus words for "dub": baptize, blow, blunder, bobble, boggle, bollix, butterfingers, call, christen, clumsy, dab, define, denominate, designate, double, drag, dress, duffer, entitle, equalize, even, flatten, flub, fluff, foozler, foul-up, fumble-fist, goof, goof up, goofball, goofer, grade, grease, harrow, hick, identify, label, lay, level, lubricate, lummox, lump, mow, muff, muffer, name, nickname, nominate, oil, plane, planish, plaster, rube, shave, slob, smooth, smooth down, smooth out, specify, stumblebum, stumblebunny, style, tag, term, title
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