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dub

UK/dʌb/ US/dʌb/ uncommon informal obsolete rare slang uk

verb

1.

give a nickname to

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2.

provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language

3.

raise (someone) to knighthood

  • “The Beatles were knighted”
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Origin

From Middle English dubben, from Old English dubbian (“to knight by striking with a sword, dub”) from Old French adober (“to equip with arms; adorn”) (also 11th century, Modern French adouber), both from Proto-West Germanic *dubbōn, from Proto-Germanic *dub- (“to hit, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“plug, peg, wedge”). Cognate with Icelandic dubba (in dubba til riddara). Compare also drub for an English reflex of the Germanic word.

Phrases

  • dub out
  • dub over
  • dub poetry
  • dub sack
  • dub ska
  • lip dub
  • Vee Dub

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