dub Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the new sounds added by dubbing
  2. verb give a nickname to
    nickname.
  3. verb provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language
  4. verb raise (someone) to knighthood
    knight.
    • The Beatles were knighted

WordNet

Dub transitive verb
Etymology
AS. dubban to strike, beat ("dubbade his sunu . . . to ridere." AS. Chron. an 1086); akin to Icel. dubba; cf. OF. adouber (prob. fr. Icel.) a chevalier, Icel. dubba til riddara.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Dubbed ; present participle & verbal noun Dubbing
Definitions
  1. To confer knight. ✍ 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.
Dub intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To make a noise by brisk drumbeats. "Now the drum dubs." Beau. & Fl.
Dub noun
Definitions
  1. A blow. R. Hudibras.
Dub noun
Etymology
Cf. Ir. dób mire, stream, W. dwvr water.
Definitions
  1. A pool or puddle. Prov. Eng. Halliwell.

Webster 1913