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Dub   /dəb/   Listen
noun
Dub  n.  A blow. (R.)


Dub  n.  A pool or puddle. (Prov. Eng.)


Dubb  n.  (Written also dhubb, and dub)  (Zool.) The Syrian bear. See under Bear.


verb
Dub  v. t.  (past & past part. dubbed; pres. part. dubbing)  
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."
3.
To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn. (Obs.) "His diadem was dropped down Dubbed with stones."
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.
(c)
To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of cyrrying it.
(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.)
To dub out (Plastering), to fill out, as an uneven surface, to a plane, or to carry out a series of small projections.


Dub  v. t.  
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.
2.
To mix together two or more sound or video recordings to produce a composite recording.


Dub  v. i.  To make a noise by brisk drumbeats. "Now the drum dubs."





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"Dub" Quotes from Famous Books



... be—that life had gone so ill with him. The shape of his trousers was in itself a jest, so strangely were they bagged and ravelled about his knees; and his coat was all bedaubed with clay as though he had lain in a rain-dub during the New Year's festivity. I will own I was not sorry to think he had had a merry New Year, and been young again for an evening; but I was sorry to see the mark still there. One could not expect such an old gentleman ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson
... devil, they dub us in the Palatine church," she added, yawning, till I could see all her small, ...
— The Maid-At-Arms • Robert W. Chambers
... copper, of triple glasses fixed to the sill of a second-story window in the house directly opposite. The device is in common use in Philadelphia and Baltimore, but here in New York it must be classed as an exotic. Its very name is unfamiliar, and I dub it the "Philadelphia Quizzing-Glass" for want of a better term. You understand, of course, that the mirrors are hinged together and adjustable to any angle. It is consequently possible for an observer sitting ...
— The Gates of Chance • Van Tassel Sutphen
... self seemed to have disappeared. They asked him if he did not remember he had been a Rajah once, and about his journey to Panch-Phul Ranee's country. But he said, No, he remembered nothing but how to beat the drum—Rub-a-dub! tat-tat! tom-tum! tom-tum! He thought he must have beaten ...
— Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know • Various
... truth and I'm goin' to give it to you straight now. I've nothin' to win or lose. This machinery never will run. The plant was a failure before it was put up. And," he nodded contemptuously at Banule, "nobody knew it better than that dub." ...
— The Man from the Bitter Roots • Caroline Lockhart


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