dub
IPA: dˈʌb
noun
- (rare) A blow, thrust, or poke.
- (golf) A poorly executed shot.
- (slang, now historical) An unskillful, awkward person.
- (music, countable) A mostly instrumental remix with all or part of the vocals removed.
- (music, uncountable) A style of reggae music involving mixing of different audio tracks.
- (music, uncountable) A trend in music starting in 2009, in which bass distortion is synced off timing to electronic dance music.
- (slang, countable) A piece of graffiti in metallic colour with a thick black outline.
- (countable) The replacement of a voice part in a movie or cartoon, particularly with a translation; an instance of dubbing.
- (UK, dialect) A pool or puddle.
- (slang) A twenty-dollar sack of marijuana.
- (slang) A wheel rim measuring 20 inches or more.
- (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A lock.
- (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A key, especially a master key; a lock pick.
- (video games, Internet slang) A win.
- (India, historical) A small copper coin once used in India.
- (Ireland, colloquial) A Dubliner.
- Clipping of double-u. [The name of the Latin-script letter W.]
- (medicine) Initialism of dysfunctional uterine bleeding.
- (after a qualification) Abbreviation of University of Dublin, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.
verb
- (transitive) (now historical or ceremonial) To confer knighthood; the conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with a sword.
- (transitive) To name, to entitle, to call.
- (transitive) To deem.
- To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.
- (heading) To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab.
- To dress with an adze.
- To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap.
- To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of currying it.
- To dress a fishing fly.
- To prepare (a gamecock) for fighting, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles.
- To make a noise by brisk drumbeats.
- To do something badly.
- (golf) To execute a shot poorly.
- To add sound to film or change audio on film.
- To make a copy from an original or master audio tape.
- To replace the original soundtrack of a film with a synchronized translation
- To mix audio tracks to produce a new sound; to remix.
- (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) To open or close.
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Examples of "dub" in Sentences
- I guess this means G-dub is a sworn in again Christian.
- The difference between Churchill and Shrub-a-dub, is genes.
- You can view the episodes subtitled or dubbed, although dub is the default.
- Nowhere in this whole damn place no matter if we say it dub dub dub or doub doub doub.
- He had our attention right off the bat with the promise of Queen/Bowie and Muppets, but his dedication to the lip dub is what really stands out.
- The centerpiece of his live act is a set of four gizmos he calls dub machines-Arduino-powered gear he can manipulate to produce sounds, loops, and rhythms.
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