dubber

verb (used with object), dubbed, dub·bing.

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.

Idioms

4. dub bright, Shipbuilding. to shave off the outer surface of the planking of (a ship).

verb (used with object), dubbed, dub·bing.

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 followed by in).
3. to copy (a tape or disc recording).

verb (used without object), dubbed, dub·bing.

4. to copy program material from one tape recording onto another.

noun

5. the new sounds added to a film or tape.
6. a style of popular music based on reggae and produced by remixing previously recorded music to which audio samples and sound effects are added.

Verb Phrases

7. dub out, to omit or erase (unwanted sound) on a tape or sound track: to dub out background noise.

verb dubs, dubbing or dubbed

1. (tr) to invest (a person) with knighthood by the ritual of tapping on the shoulder with a sword
2. (tr) to invest with a title, name, or nickname
3. (tr) to dress (leather) by rubbing
4. angling to dress (a fly)

noun

5. the sound of a drum

verb dubs, dubbing or dubbed films television

1. to alter the soundtrack of (an old recording, film, etc)
2. (tr) to substitute for the soundtrack of (a film) a new soundtrack, esp in a different language
3. (tr) to provide (a film or tape) with a soundtrack
4. (tr) to alter (a taped soundtrack) by removing some parts and exaggerating others

noun

5. films the new sounds added
6. 1. musica style of record production associated with reggae, involving the removal or exaggeration of instrumental parts, extensive use of echo, etc
   2. (as modifier)a dub mix

verb dubs, dubbing or dubbed

1. Australian and NZ informal short for double-bank

noun

1. a clumsy or awkward person or player

verb dubs, dubbing or dubbed

2. to bungle (a shot), as in golf

noun

1. Scot and Northern English dialect a pool of water; puddle

verb dubs, dubbing or dubbed

1. (intr; foll by in, up, or out) slang to contribute to the cost of (something); pay

v.1

“give a name to,” originally “make a knight,” from late Old English dubbian “knight by striking with a sword” (11c.), a late word, perhaps borrowed from Old French aduber “equip with arms, adorn” (11c.) of uncertain origin, but there are phonetic difficulties. Meaning “provided with a name” is from 1590s. Related: Dubbed; dubbing.

v.2

“add or alter sound on film,” 1929, shortening of double; so called because it involves re-recording voices onto a soundtrack. The type of re-mixed reggae music was so called from 1974, probably for the same reason. Related: Dubbed; dubbing.