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Dub is defined as to give a title or rank to, or to add a soundtrack in a film.

(verb)

An example of dub is to make someone a knight.
An example of dub is to replace a French soundtrack in a movie with an English soundtrack.

Dub is slang for a clumsy person.

(noun)

An example of a dub is someone who always falls.

See dub in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb dubbed, dubbing

Obsolete to hit; strike
to confer knighthood on by tapping on the shoulder with a sword
1. to confer a title or rank upon
2. to call, name, or nickname
to make (wood, etc.) smooth, as by hammering or scraping
to dress (leather) by rubbing
Slang to bungle (a golf stroke, etc.)

Origin: ME dubben < OE dubbian, to strike (akin to ON dubba, to dub, EFris dubben, push) < IE base *dheubh-, a club, wooden pin > dowel

noun

☆ Slang a clumsy, unskillful person

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dubber noun

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transitive verb dubbed, dubbing

to rerecord the sound from (an old recording)
to provide with a soundtrack
to insert in (a film) a soundtrack with synchronized dialogue in another language

Origin: contr. < double

noun

dialogue, music, etc. inserted in a film's soundtrack
a copy of a recording made for testing the sound or content

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dubber noun

noun

Scot., North Eng. a small pool or puddle

Origin: prob. < Scand, akin to Norw dobbe, swampy land, MDu doppe, shell, MLowG dobbe, pool: for IE base see dimple

See dub in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb dubbed dubbed, dub·bing, dubs

To tap lightly on the shoulder by way of conferring knighthood.
To honor with a new title or description.
To give a name to facetiously or playfully; nickname.
To strike, cut, or rub (timber or leather, for example) so as to make even or smooth.
To dress (a fowl).
To execute (a golf stroke, for example) poorly.

noun

An awkward person or player; a bungler.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English dubben

Origin: , from Old English dubbian

Origin: , perhaps from Old French aduber

verb dubbed dubbed, dub·bing, dubs

verb, transitive

To thrust at; poke.
To beat (a drum).

verb, intransitive

To make a thrust.
To beat on a drum.

noun

The act of dubbing.
A drumbeat.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps from Low German dubben, to hit, strike

transitive verb dubbed dubbed, dub·bing, dubs

a. To transfer (recorded material) onto a new recording medium.
b. To copy (a record or tape).
To insert a new soundtrack, often a synchronized translation of the original dialogue, into (a film).
To add (sound) into a film or tape: dub in strings behind the vocal.

noun

The new sounds added by dubbing.
A dubbed copy of a tape or record.
A mostly instrumental style of music originating in Jamaica, produced by remixing existing recordings to emphasize bass and drum rhythms and adding audio effects

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Origin: Short for double

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