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Dub

Definition: Dub

Dub

Verb

1. Give a nickname to.

2. Provide with a soundtrack of a foreign language; of films.

3. Invest with knighthood; make of knight of.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "dub" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)


Specialty Definition: Dub

DomainDefinition

Literature

Dub To make a knight by giving him a blow. Dr. Tusler says, "The ancient method or knighting was by a box on the ear, implying that it would be the last he would receive, as he would henceforth be free to maintain his own honour." The present ceremony is to tap the shoulder with a sword. (Anglo-Saxon, dubban, to strike with a blow.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Slang

Noun. Source: To dub is to put something over something, like record over a tape that was already recorded on. Definition: Twenty dollars worth of marijuana. Context: If a person from this community wants to buy some marijuana and they want to buy twenty dollars worth they use the word dub. Social Source: Teenage skating group from Los Angeles. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)
 Noun. Source: Slang term created by football players in reference to plays and yardage originally. Definition: 20 yards. Context: Usually said when referring to amount of yardage picked up or lost on a play. Social Source: University of Oregon Football Team. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)

Slang in 1811

DUB. A picklock, or master-key. CANT. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Dub

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Dub."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Dub

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

DUB

EnglishDublinN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Dub

Synonyms: knight (v), nickname (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Dub

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Nomenclature

Verb: name, call, term, denominate designate, style, entitle, clepe, dub, christen, baptize, characterize, specify, define, distinguish by the name of; label; (mark).

Phrase

Verb: express, phrase; word, word it; give words to, give expression to; voice; arrange in words, clothe in words, put into words, express by words; couch in terms; find words to express; speak by the card; call, denominate, designate, dub.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Dub

English words defined with "dub": Dubbed. (references)
Specialty definitions using "dub": dub dub dub, DUB LAY, DUB O' TH' HICK, DUB THE JIGGER, Dub Up!GOING UPON THE DUBstudio technician-video operatorTO DUPvideotape engineer, VIDEOTAPE OPERATOR. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Dub" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Czech (oak, oak tree, scarlet oak).

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Modern Usage: Dub

DomainUsage

Lyrics

And they cop for real trust me dogg the thugs will dub it (Put Ya Hands Up; performing artist: KISS)

Movie/TV Titles

The Dub Taylor Show (1951)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Dub

DomainTitle

Books

  • If You're Happy and You Know It Musical Book: Musical Book (Rub a Dub Book) (reference)

  • Mary Had a Little Lamb: Musical Book (Rub a Dub Books) (reference)

  • Rub a Dub Dub (Kids at Our House Book) (reference)

  • The Musical Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (Rub a Dub Book) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "Dub".

PlayCaption
Slow Jamaican dub melody. .
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Spoken Usage: Dub

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Rush Limbaugh

All the American socialists, leftists, and environmentalists are going to be totally devastated and shattered when they learn that Mikhail Gorbachev praised Dub, bashed Clinton, and admits communism was never anything other than propaganda.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Dub

"Dub" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 56.20% of the time. "Dub" is used about 121 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)56.2%6840,606
Noun (proper)16.53%2078,262
Lexical Verb (infinitive)14.88%1882,615
Lexical Verb (base form)8.26%10111,207
Adjective (general or positive)2.48%3202,518
Unclassified Items1.65%2245,945
                    Total100.00%121N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Dub

The following table summarizes the usage of "dub" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
DubLast name30027,767
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Dub

Expressions using "dub": dub a knight dub dub dub dub film dub in dub on dub up rub a dub To dub a fly To dub out. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "dub": dub-disco, dub-funk, dub-house, dub-style.

Ending with "dub": re-dub, rub-a-dub, Ruba-dub, rub-a-dub-dub, space-dub.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Dub

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

dub virtual

944

dub p

32

dub city

651

dub video

31

dub

511

dub city model

30

dub magazine

444

city.com dub

28

the long beach dub allstars

194

beach dub long lyrics star

28

df dub

139

car city dub model

25

long beach dub all star

123

dub warehouse

23

asian dub foundation

117

city dub toy

22

dub rim

90

dub music

20

dub wheels

88

dub pistol

20

car dub

79

dub mag

19

car city dub

59

dub miller

19

c dub

50

car dub show

19

dub spinner

44

car dub model

18

animationbz compuhq d dub h4 justdeals link mint pulled rebuilt refurb refurbished remanufactured

40

city diecast dub toy

18

rub a dub

38

scrub a dub

18

allstars beach dub long lyrics

38

dub reggae

17

rub a dub dub

36

dub taylor

16

download dub virtual

33

dvd dub

16

dub moon side

32

1.3 dub virtual

16
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Dub

Language Translations for "dub"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

djallos (bungle), dubloj (deputize, double, doubloon, duplicate, understudy), pranoj kalorës, kruaj (abrade, chafe, dress, fret, grate, pick, scratch), lëmoj (burnish, civilize, clean, even, finish, grind, pet, polish, smooth), lojtar i dobët (passenger), luaj keq, njeri i ngathët (duffer, jumbo, laggard, lagger, poky), bie daulles (drum, rataplan), pagëzoj kalorës, zë i dublimit, qullos (Bumble, bungle), rënie e daulles (flam), regjistroj (book, calendar, catalogue, chalk, check in, cut a disk, cut the record, enrol, enroll, enter, file, list, notify, record, register), shtyj (actuate, adjourn, bring, carry over, dare, delay, detrude, dig, dispose, drive, flip, goad, hang up, hold over, hustle, impel, incite, induce, instigate, jab, jog, jolt, jostle, jumble, lead on, leave over, lengthen, motivate, motive, move, postpone, pressurize, propel, push, recess, shove, thrust, trundle, urge, waive, walk), shtysë (drive, dynamics, impetus, impulse, push, stimulus), shtytje (boost, impulse, impulsion, impulsiveness, incitement, inducement, jostle, persuasive, poke, pressure, prompt, prompting, propulsion, push, repulsion), vë nofkë (nickname), pagëzoj (baptize, christen). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏منح رتبة أو لقب, ‏لقب (agnomen, appellation, call, cognomen, denomination, designate, designation, entitle, epithet, nickname, pet name, sobriquet, soubriquet, style, surname, title), ‏وصف (adjective, attributive, capacity, characterization, characterize, demonstrate, demonstration, depict, depiction, describe, description, painting, picture, portray, term), ‏غير اللغة في الشريط, ‏حث (actuate, admonish, debriefing, encourage, encouragement, goad, gun, hurry, impel, incitation, incite, induce, induce to speak, inducement, interest, motivate, motivation, motive, persuade, precipitate, press, prod, prompt, prompting, propel, provocation, provoke, push on, recommend, rouse, solicit, solicitation, spur, stimulate, stimulation, stir, tempt), ‏أنعم, ‏شخص غير بارع, ‏شخص أخرق (bear, gawky, lout, lubber, lummox, slouch). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

кръщавам (baptize, christen, godfather, name), кльопачка (grub, scoff, scran, tuck in, tuck-out), озвучавам (sound, vocalize, voice), оплесквам (besmear, dash, foozle, foul up, hash, louse up, make a mess, make sad work of, mess, muddle, muff, screw up, slobber, spatter, splash, sully), наричам (call, label, nominate), мушкам (dig, jab, job, jog, peg at, poke, pop, pop in, prod, prong, stick), мажа (daub, grease, paint, smear, spread), посвещавам в рицарско звание, дублирам на друг език. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

配音. (various references)

   

Czech

  

dabovat, titulovat (style, title), přemlouvat (woo), jmenovat (appoint, call, designate, name, nominate, vote). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

فیلم رادوبله کردن(درسینما), چرب کردن (Grease, Liquor, Lubricate), تفویض مقام کردن , باتماس شمشیرلقب شوالیه اعطاکردن . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

lyödä ritariksi (dub a knight). (various references)

   

French

  

surnommer, qualifier qn de, postsonoriser, mixer, maladroit, maladresse, exhorter. (various references)

   

German

  

synchronisieren (sync, synchronize). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ντουμπλάρω, προσθέτω ήχο σε ταινία, προχειρίζω (ordain), άξεστο άτομο, αδέξιο άτομο (lummox), δίνω τίτλο. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לכ ות בשם (name), ל"ע יק תואר אביר (accolade, knight), לטפוח (clap, rap, tap). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

étel (damper, eat, eatables, eating, fare, food, jock, meal, meat, mess, nourishment, nutriment, scarf, scran). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

menjuluki (give someone a nickname), memberi gelar (entitle). (various references)

   

Italian

  

doppiare (double, lap, round, synchronize). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

(Newcomer). (various references)

   

Manx

  

reejerey y yannoo jeh, dubbey (pond, pool, puddle), cur kiaull er fillym, cur chengey er fillym. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ubday

   

Portuguese

  

procurar (browse, come after, court, ensue, find out, fish, fossick, get, hunt up, look after, look for, look up, nose, obtrude, pursue, quest, rake, rake up, search, search after, search for, seek), passar (blow over, come, draw, drew, elapse, fare, give in, go, go beyond, go by, hand, pass, pass by, rake, rake up, slip away, spend, strop, to pass, to spend, transfer, wear off, wile), pancada seca (clap, hoick), juntar com ancinho (rake, rake up), investigar (burrow, delve, enquire, examine, explore, inquire, investigate, look for, look into, placatory, place, query, rake, rake up, research, rummage, scrutinize, search into, seek, sit on, spy, study, to investigate), esquadrinhar (fish, kike, probe, pry, rake, rake up, ransack, rummage, scan, sift), charco (bog, catchment basin, dash, fen, marsh, mire, moor, morass, plash, pond, pool, puddle, quag, quagmire, sink, slough, swamp, wash), alisar (basil, comb, dab, fettle, grind, level, make smooth, planish, preen, prink, rake, rake up, scrape, smarm). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

dubla (double, duplicate, geminate, redouble, reduplicate, understudy), unge pielea cu grãsime, unge (anoint, besmear, coat, dab, daub, dope, embrocate, grease, grease smb.'s palm, lubricate, nobble, oil, oil smb.'s palms, palm, pomade, salve, smear, soap, whitewash), sincroniza un film, porecli (nickname), investi (embark, invest, Lodge, place, sink), egaliza (assimilate, compensate, equalize, even, level, planish), conferi un titlu cuiva (bestow a title on smb.). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

дублировать (deputize, double, duplicate, understudy). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

lub (pool, puddle). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

dublirati, nespretan igrač. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

doblar (bend, double, double for, flex, fold, give in, make, Mark, round, subdue, turn, turn up, wear out, yield), doblado (bending over, bent, double, in duplicate, turned), vestir caballero (tog), armar caballero (knight), apodar (label, nickname). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

dubba film. (various references)

   

Thai

  

แตะไหล่เบาๆ (เพื่อแต่งตั้งให้เป็นอัศวิน), เสียงที่อั"ลงบนแผ่นฟิล์ม, พากย์, อั"เสียง, ตี (drub, hit, smite on, smite upon, zonk), รัวกลอง, ขนานนาม, ขั"ให้เรียบ (rub down). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

dublaj yapmak, deriyi yağlayıp yumuşatmak, düzeltmek (adjust, ameliorate, amend, arrange, better, clean up, correct, emend, face-lift, fix, grade, grade up, haul up, heal, improve, justify, level, level off, level out, meliorate, mend, plane, planish, polish, polish up, reclaim, rectify, redress, refine, reform, regenerate, remedy, reorganize, right, set aright, slick, smooth, smooth away, smooth down, smooth out, smooth over, Spruce, spruce up, Square, straighten, straighten out, tidy up, trim, try out, unbend, unscramble, upgrade), isim vermek (mention names, name, name names, term), ad takmak (give a bad name, nickname, style), ünvan vermek (entitle, intitle). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

тикати (dab, prod), калюжа (plash, pool, puddle, slop, wallow, wash), обрубувати (lop), обтісувати (adz, adze, beard, broach, character, chip, citify, polish, surface), барабанний бій (drum, drumbeat, drumming, rataplan, tuck), припасовувати (adjust). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

ao. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Dub

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Old English450-1100

dubbian. (various references)

Old French900-1400

aduber. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Dub

Derivations

Words beginning with "dub": dubbed, dubber, dubbers, dubbin, dubbing, dubbings, dubbins, dubieties, dubiety, dubious, dubiously, dubiousness, dubiousnesses, dubitable, dubitation, dubitations, dubnium, dubniums, dubonnet, dubonnets, dubs. (additional references)

Words ending with "dub": flubdub, overdub, redub. (additional references)

Words containing "dub": flubdubs, indubitabilities, indubitability, indubitable, indubitableness, indubitablenesses, indubitably, overdubbed, overdubbing, overdubs, redubbed, redubbing, redubs, undubbed. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Dub" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dabg, dabi, dabo, dawb, dbm, dbu, dbw, debb, Defb, deub, dfb, dhub, Dhubh, dibi, dibo, Diby, diob, Doba, dobb, dobi, dobt, Dobu, doub, dowb, dsu, Dsubl, Dubb, dube, dubh, Dubha, dubl, Duboc, dubt, Dubuc, Duby, duc, duf, duj, duv, duw, duz, dvb, Dvu, dyb, Dyba, eub, Udh, udj, Udpb, zub. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Dub"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "dub" (pronounced du"b)
2-u" bbub, club, cub, drub, grub, hub, nub, pub, rub, scrub, shrub, snub, stub, sub, tub.

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Anagrams: Dub

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: bud.

 Words containing the letters "b-d-u"
 

+1 letter: baud, bedu, buds, bund, burd, daub, drub, dubs, dumb.

 

+2 letters: bauds, blued, bound, buddy, budge, build, bunds, bundt, burds, bused, cubed, daube, daubs, dauby, debug, debut, doubt, drubs, dumbs, lubed, redub, tubed, unbid.

 

+3 letters: abduce, abduct, abound, absurd, abused, aubade, bedaub, bedbug, bedrug, beduin, bedumb, belaud, bestud, blumed, bonduc, bounds, boused, bruted, buboed, bucked, budded, budder, buddle, budged, budger, budges, budget, budgie, buffed, bugged, bugled, builds, bulbed, bulged, bulked, bulled, bummed, bumped, bundle, bundts, bunged, bunked, bunted, buoyed, burden, burdie, buried, burked, burled, burned, burped, burred, bushed, busied, busked, bussed, busted, butled, butted, buzzed, cuboid, curbed, daubed, dauber, daubes, daubry, debugs, debunk, debuts, dibbuk, disbud, dorbug, double, doubly, doubts, dubbed, dubber, dubbin, dumbed, dumber, dumbly, durbar, dybbuk, fubbed, imbued, numbed, obtund, outbid, redbud, redbug, redubs, rubbed, rubied, subbed, subdeb, subdue, tabued, tubbed, turbid, unbend, unbind, unbred, upbind.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Sounds
7. Quotations: Spoken
8. Usage Frequency
9. Names: Frequency
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Translations: Ancient
14. Abbreviations
15. Acronyms
16. Derivations
17. Rhymes
18. Anagrams
19. Bibliography


  

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