dub
verb/dʌb/
/dʌb/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they dub | /dʌb/ /dʌb/ |
| he / she / it dubs | /dʌbz/ /dʌbz/ |
| past simple dubbed | /dʌbd/ /dʌbd/ |
| past participle dubbed | /dʌbd/ /dʌbd/ |
| -ing form dubbing | /ˈdʌbɪŋ/ /ˈdʌbɪŋ/ |
- dub somebody + noun to give somebody/something a particular name, often in a humorous or critical way
- The media dubbed anorexia ‘the slimming disease’.
- Genetically modified products have been dubbed ‘Frankenfoods’ in the popular press.
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- dub something (into something) to replace the original speech in a film or television programme with words in another language
- an American movie dubbed into Italian
- dub something (especially British English) to make a piece of music by mixing sounds from different recordingsMore Like This Consonant-doubling verbsConsonant-doubling verbs
Word Originverb sense 1 late Old English (in the sense ‘make a knight’): from Old French adober ‘equip with armour’, of unknown origin. verb senses 2 to 3 1920s: abbreviation of double.
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