dub
[verb]
Synonyms: name, baptize, call, christen, denominate, designate, entitle, style, term, title, botch, blow, blunder, bobble, boggle, bollix, flub, fluff, goof (up), muff
[verb]
Synonyms: double

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I. dub¹ /dʌb/ verb (past tense and past participle dubbed, present participle dubbing) [transitive]
[Sense 1,5: Language: Old English; Origin: dubbian]
[Sense 2-4: Origin: double]

1. [usually passive] to give something or someone a name that describes them in some way ⇒ label, name
be dubbed something
The body, thousands of years old, was found in the Alps and dubbed ‘The Iceman’.

2. to change the original spoken language of a film or television programme into another language
be dubbed into something
a British film dubbed into French

3. especially British English to make a record out of two or more different pieces of music or sound mixed together

4. American English to copy a recording from a tape or CD onto another tape

5. if a king or queen dubs someone, they give the title of knight to that person in a special ceremony

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II. dub² noun [uncountable]
a style of poetry or music from the West Indies with a strong regular beat

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