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dub
Pronunciation: (dub), [key]
—v., dubbed, dub•bing,
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v.t.
1. to invest with any name, character, dignity, or title; style; name; call:
He was dubbed a hero.
2. to strike lightly with a sword in the ceremony of conferring knighthood; make, or designate as, a knight:
The king dubbed him a knight.
3. to strike, cut, rub, or make smooth, as leather or timber.
4. dub bright, Shipbuilding.to shave off the outer surface of the planking of (a ship).
dub
Pronunciation: (dub), [key]—
n. Slang.
an awkward, unskillful person.
dub
Pronunciation: (dub), [key]
—v., dubbed, dub•bing,
—n.
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v.t.
1. to thrust; poke.
2. Golf.to hit (a ball) poorly; misplay (a shot).
3. to execute poorly.
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v.i.
to thrust; poke.
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n.
1. a thrust; poke.
2. a drumbeat.
dub
Pronunciation: (dub), [key]
—v., dubbed, dub•bing,
—n.
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v.t.
1. to furnish (a film or tape) with a new sound track, as one recorded in the language of the country of import.
2. to add (music, speech, etc.) to a film or tape recording (often fol. by
in).
3. to copy (a tape or disc recording).
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v.i.
1. to copy program material from one tape recording onto another.
2. dub out, to omit or erase (unwanted sound) on a tape or sound track:
to dub out background noise.
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n.
the new sounds added to a film or tape.
dub
Pronunciation: (dub), [key]—
n. Chiefly Scot.
a pool of water; puddle.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
