dub

Meaning

Verb

1. To confer knighthood; the conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with a sword, the accolade.
2. To name, to entitle, to call.
3. To deem.
4. To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.
5. To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab.
6. To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab.
7. To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab.
8. To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab.
9. To prepare (a gamecock) for fighting, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles.

Noun

1. A blow, thrust, or poke.
2. A poorly executed shot.

Noun

An unskillful, awkward person.

Noun

1. A mostly instrumental remix with all or part of the vocals removed.
2. A style of reggae music involving mixing of different audio tracks.
3. A trend in music starting in 2009, in which bass distortion is synced off timing to electronic dance music.
4. (slang) A piece of graffiti in metallic colour with a thick black outline.
5. The replacement of a voice part in a movie or cartoon, particularly with a translation; an instance of dubbing.

Noun

A pool or puddle.

Noun

1. (slang) A twenty-dollar sack of marijuana.
2. (slang) A wheel rim measuring 20 inches or more.

Noun

1. (obsolete) A lock.
2. (obsolete) A key, especially a master key; a lock pick.

Noun

1. Clipping of double-u.
2. Clipping of double-u.

Noun

A small copper coin once used in India.

Synonyms

name

designate

call

dubbing

nickname

knight

term

title

denominate

label

🏷️

make even

christen

appoint

nominate

ordain

recording

rename

square

surname

tab

tag

trim

overdub

confer a knighthood

assign

baptise

baptize

bundle

create

duffer

entitle

even

fool

induct

lummox

make

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dʌb/

Etymology

From a Late Old English (11th century) word dubban, dubbian (“to knight by striking with a sword”) perhaps borrowed from Old French adober (“equip with arms; adorn”) (also 11th century, Modern French adouber, from Proto-Germanic *dubjaną (“to fit”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“plug, peg, wedge”).
Cognate with Icelandic dubba (dubba til riddara). Compare also drub for an English reflex of the Germanic word.