dubbed
1 Americanadjective
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given a specified name, title, nickname, or other designation.
In his new line of glam fashions, the aptly dubbed “King of Sequins” draws on pop-culture references to bring the dazzling red-carpet world to street-ready life.
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having had knighthood conferred by a monarch in a special ceremony.
Though he was a newly dubbed knight, he was trusted early with several commands because of his prior successful campaigns.
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(of leather or timber) cut, rubbed, or made smooth.
The bracelet is of dubbed leather with a thickness of 2 mm, black in color.
verb
adjective
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(of a film or tape) furnished with a new soundtrack, especially one recorded in a different language.
A lot of mainstream cinemas don't like to show dubbed films because of the difficulty of syncing speech to actors’ mouth movements.
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(of music, speech, or sound effects) added to a film or tape recording.
This film has opening and closing titles with some dubbed sound and music, but no dialogue.
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(of an audio recording) copied or being a copy.
I can't tell you how many mornings I spent listening to this album on a dubbed cassette tape, back when I was 12 years old.
verb
Etymology
Origin of dubbed1
dub 1 ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. )
Origin of dubbed2
Example Sentences
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The 22-foot monument — dubbed “Don Colossus” by some online commentators — was commissioned by cryptocurrency investors connected to a memecoin project and installed at Trump’s Florida golf resort earlier this month.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
Najib's defence lawyers blamed Low and dubbed him the mastermind of the scheme.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
They dubbed an eight cent a gallon increase in the gas tax a “road usage fee.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
Everything overlaps to create what travel journalists have dubbed China's "8D" city.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
In acknowledgment of the University of California’s tolerant hospitality toward a laboratory that was now devoted almost entirely to government work, Lawrence dubbed the new unit the calutron.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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