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dub1

Pronunciation: /dʌb/

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Definition of dub

verb (dubs, dubbing, dubbed)

  • 1 [with object and complement] give an unofficial name or nickname to:the media dubbed anorexia ‘the slimming disease’
  • make (someone) a knight by the ritual touching of the shoulder with a sword:he should be dubbed Sir Hubert
  • 2 [with object] dress (an artificial fishing fly) with strands of fur or wool or with other material: (as noun dubbing)prewaxed thread has dramatically eased the process of dubbing
  • incorporate (fur, wool, or other materials) into a fishing fly.
  • 3 [with object] smear (leather) with grease. Compare with dubbin.

Origin:

late Old English (in the sense 'make a knight'): from Old French adober 'equip with armour', of unknown origin. dub1 (sense 2) is from the obsolete meaning 'dress or adorn'

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