dubbing

Variant of dub

dub definition

dub (dub)

transitive verb dubbed, dubbing dub′·bing

  1. Obsolete to hit; strike
  2. 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
  4. to make (wood, etc.) smooth, as by hammering or scraping
  5. to dress (leather) by rubbing
  6. Slang to bungle (a golf stroke, etc.)

Etymology: 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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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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