DUB (dubbed, dubbing)
Dictionary entry overview: What does dub mean?
• DUB (verb)
The verb DUB has 3 senses:
1. give a nickname to
2. provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language
3. raise (someone) to knighthood
Familiarity information: DUB used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• DUB (verb)
Meaning:
Give a nickname to
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
dub; nickname
Hypernyms (to "dub" is one way to...):
call; name (assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Sentence example:
They dub him "Bobby"
Meaning:
Provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "dub" is one way to...):
synchronise; synchronize (make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action)
"Dub" entails doing...:
interpret; render; translate (restate (words) from one language into another language)
Domain category:
film; flick; motion picture; motion-picture show; movie; moving picture; moving-picture show; pic; picture; picture show (a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue dub the movie
Meaning:
Raise (someone) to knighthood
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
knight; dub
Context example:
The Beatles were knighted
Hypernyms (to "dub" is one way to...):
ennoble; entitle; gentle (give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
