Definitions for dubdʌb

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

dubdʌb(v.t.)dubbed, dub•bing.

to invest with name, epithet, nickname, or title:
He was dubbed a hero.
to strike lightly with a sword in the ceremony of conferring knighthood.

Origin of dub:

1175–1225; ME; late OE *dubbian < AF dubber, dobber, aph. form of ad(o)uber=a-a -5+-do(u)ber < Frankish *dubban to strike, beat, c. LG dubben,dub3; cf. daube

dub′ber(n.)

dub^*dʌb(n.)

an awkward, unskillful person.
Category: Status (usage)

^* Slang..

Origin of dub:

1885–90; of expressive orig., cf. flub , flubdub , dub3

dubdʌb(v.t.)dubbed, dub•bing.

to hit (a golf ball) poorly.
Category: Sport
to execute poorly.

Origin of dub:

1505–15; appar. same as dub1

dubdʌb(v.; n.)dubbed, dub•bing

(v.t.)to furnish (a film or tape) with a new sound track, as one recorded in the language of the country of import.
Category: Hi-Fi and Audio
to add (music, speech, etc.) to a film or tape recording (often fol. by in).
Category: Hi-Fi and Audio
to copy (a tape or disc).
Category: Hi-Fi and Audio
(n.)the new sounds added to a film or tape.
Category: Hi-Fi and Audio

Origin of dub:

1925–30; short for double

dub′ber

dub^*dʌb(n.)

a pool of water; puddle.
Category: Scottish

^* Chiefly Scot..

Origin of dub:

1490–1500; of obscure orig.; perh. akin to G Tümpel pond, puddle

Princeton's WordNet

dub(verb)
the new sounds added by dubbing
dub, nickname(verb)
give a nickname to
dub(verb)
provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language
knight, dub(verb)
raise (someone) to knighthood
"The Beatles were knighted"

Wiktionary

dub(Noun)
A twenty dollar sack of marijuana.
dub(Noun)
Wheel rims measuring 20 inches or more.

Origin: From a shortening of the word double.

Webster Dictionary

Dub(verb)
to confer knighthood upon; as, the king dubbed his son Henry a knight
Dub(verb)
to invest with any dignity or new character; to entitle; to call
Dub(verb)
to clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn
Dub(verb)
to strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab;
Dub(verb)
to dress with an adz; as, to dub a stick of timber smooth
Dub(verb)
to strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap
Dub(verb)
to rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of cyrrying it
Dub(verb)
to prepare for fighting, as a gamecock, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles
Dub(verb)
to make a noise by brisk drumbeats
Dub(noun)
a blow
Dub(noun)
a pool or puddle