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Definition dub

Etymology 1

From a Late Old English (11th century) word dubban (“to knight by striking with a sword”) perhaps borrowed from Old French aduber, adober "equip with arms; adorn" (also 11th century, Modern French adouber), from Frankish *dubban, from Proto-Germanic *dubjan? (“to fit”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?ewb?- (“plug, peg, wedge”).

Cognate with Icelandic dubba (dubba til riddara). Compare also drub for an English reflex of the Germanic word.

Verb

dub (third-person singular simple present dubs, present participle dubbing, simple past and past participle dubbed)

  1. (transitive) (now historical) To confer knighthood; the conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with a sword.
  2. (transitive) To name, to entitle, to call. [from the later 16th c]
  3. (transitive) To deem.
  4. To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.
  5. (heading) To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab.
    1. To dress with an adze.
    2. To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap.
    3. To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of currying it.
    4. To dress a fishing fly.
  6. To prepare (a gamecock) for fighting, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles.

Etymology 2

1505-1515 This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Verb

dub (third-person singular simple present dubs, present participle dubbing, simple past and past participle dubbed)

  1. To make a noise by brisk drumbeats.
  2. To do something badly.
  3. In golf, to execute a shot poorly.
Noun

dub (plural dubs)

  1. (rare) A blow, thrust, or poke.

Etymology 3

1885-90; Imitative, see also flub, flubdub

Noun

dub (plural dubs)

  1. (now historical) (slang) An unskillful, awkward person. [from the later part of the 19th c]

Etymology 4

From a shortening of the word double.

Verb

dub (third-person singular simple present dubs, present participle dubbing, simple past and past participle dubbed)

  1. To add sound to film or change audio on film. [from the first half of the 20th c]
  2. To make a copy from an original or master audio tape.
  3. To replace the original soundtrack of a film with a synchronized translation
  4. To mix audio tracks to produce a new sound; to remix.
Noun

dub (plural dubs)

  1. (music) A mostly instrumental remix with all or part of the vocals removed.
  2. (music) A style of reggae music involving mixing of different audio tracks.
  3. (music) A growing trend of music from 2009 to current 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; dubbing.

Etymology 5

From Celtic; compare Irish dobhar (“water”), Welsh d?r (“water”).

Noun

dub (plural dubs)

  1. (Britain, dialectal) A pool or puddle.

Etymology 6

From shortening of double dime (“twenty”).

Noun

dub (plural dubs)

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

Etymology 7

From dup (“to open”), from do + up, from Middle English don up (“to open”).

Verb

dub (third-person singular simple present dubs, present participle dubbing, simple past and past participle dubbed)

  1. (obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) To open or close.
Noun

dub (plural dubs)

  1. (obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) A lock.
  2. (obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) A key, especially a master key; a lockpick.

Results 345 Words with the letters DUB

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7 letter words with the letters DUB 
6 letter words with the letters DUB 
ABDUCE 14
ABDUCT 14
ABOUND 12
ABSURD 11
ABUSED 11
AUBADE 11
BEDAUB 14
BEDBUG 16
BEDRUG 13
BEDUIN 12
BEDUMB 17
BELAUD 12
BESTUD 11
BLUMED 15
BONDUC 15
BOUNDS 12
BOUSED 11
BRUTED 11
BRUXED 18
BUBOED 14
BUCKED 18
BUDDED 13
BUDDER 12
BUDDLE 13
BUDGED 14
BUDGER 13
BUDGES 13
BUDGET 13
BUDGIE 13
BUFFED 17
BUGGED 15
BUGLED 14
BUILDS 12
BULBED 15
BULGED 14
BULKED 16
BULLED 13
BUMMED 17
BUMPED 17
BUNDLE 13
BUNDTS 12
BUNGED 14
BUNKED 16
BUNTED 12
BUOYED 13
BURDEN 12
BURDIE 11
BURIED 11
BURKED 15
BURLED 12
BURNED 12
BURPED 14
BURRED 11
BUSHED 13
BUSIED 11
BUSKED 15
BUSSED 11
BUSTED 11
BUTLED 12
BUTTED 11
BUZZED 29
CUBOID 14
CURBED 14
DAUBED 12
DAUBER 11
DAUBES 11
DAUBRY 13
DEBUGS 13
DEBUNK 16
DEBUTS 11
DIBBUK 18
DISBUD 12
DORBUG 13
DOUBLE 12
DOUBLY 14
DOUBTS 11
DUBBED 15
DUBBER 14
DUBBIN 15
DUMBED 15
DUMBER 14
DUMBLY 17
DURBAR 11
DYBBUK 20
FUBBED 17
IMBUED 14
NUMBED 15
OBTUND 12
OUTBID 11
REDBUD 12
REDBUG 13
REDUBS 11
RUBBED 14
RUBIED 11
SUBBED 14
SUBDEB 14
SUBDUE 12
TABUED 11
TUBBED 14
TURBID 11
UNBEND 13
UNBIND 13
UNBRED 12
UPBIND 15
5 letter words with the letters DUB 
BAUDS 10
BLUED 11
BOUND 11
BUDDY 13
BUDGE 12
BUILD 11
BUNDS 11
BUNDT 11
BURDS 10
BUSED 10
CUBED 13
DAUBE 10
DAUBS 10
DAUBY 12
DEBUG 12
DEBUT 10
DOUBT 10
DRUBS 10
DUMBS 13
LUBED 11
REDUB 10
TUBED 10
UNBID 11
4 letter words with the letters DUB 
BAUD 9
BEDU 9
BUDS 9
BUND 10
BURD 9
DAUB 9
DRUB 9
DUBS 9
DUMB 12
3 letter words with the letters DUB 
BUD 8
DUB 8

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