dubbing
1- the conferring of knighthood; accolade.
- Angling. the material used for the body of an artificial fly.
- dubbin.
Origin of dubbing
1dubbing
2- the act or process of furnishing a film or tape with a new sound track or adding music, sound effects, etc., to an existing one.
Origin of dubbing
2dub
1- to invest with any name, character, dignity, or title; style; name; call: He was dubbed a hero.
- to strike lightly with a sword in the ceremony of conferring knighthood; make, or designate as, a knight: The king dubbed him a knight.
- to strike, cut, rub, or make smooth, as leather or timber.
- dub bright, Shipbuilding. to shave off the outer surface of the planking of (a ship).
Origin of dub
1dub
3- to thrust; poke.
- Golf. to hit (a ball) poorly; misplay (a shot).
- to execute poorly.
- to thrust; poke.
- a thrust; poke.
- a drumbeat.
Origin of dub
3dub
4- to furnish (a film or tape) with a new sound track, as one recorded in the language of the country of import.
- to add (music, speech, etc.) to a film or tape recording (often followed by in).
- to copy (a tape or disc recording).
- to copy program material from one tape recording onto another.
- the new sounds added to a film or tape.
- a style of popular music based on reggae and produced by remixing previously recorded music to which audio samples and sound effects are added.
- dub out, to omit or erase (unwanted sound) on a tape or sound track: to dub out background noise.
Origin of dub
4Related Words for dubbing
nickname, designate, term, denominate, title, knight, christen, style, confer, bestow, tag, call, entitle, baptizeExamples from the Web for dubbing
Contemporary Examples of dubbing
The group memorialized him by dubbing itself the Tooka gang and the surrounding neighborhood “Tookaville.”
The Syrian government denied any involvement in the blast, dubbing the bombing a “heinous crime.”
Opponents saw her as a Trojan Horse for the ousted president, dubbing her Xiomel, a conflation of the couple's nicknames.
One recent visitor on a Trip Advisor forum agreed with him, dubbing the Enchanted attractions “the best things in North Dakota.”
A Haaretz editorial was more explicit, dubbing the election of Yosef and Lau “a victory for nepotism.”
Historical Examples of dubbing
It was a sort of fiction to them, this alliance and this dubbing of sweethearts.
The RainbowD. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
Cf. accolade, a blow with the flat of a sword in dubbing a knight.
The BruceJohn Barbour
For this purpose some good tallow or dubbing may be used; the absorption being aided by a very gentle heat.
Is it sufficient evidence for dubbing a man a mere country clown?
The GrandeeArmando Palacio Valds
As the work had already been put together, there was little or no dubbing necessary.
The CraterJames Fenimore Cooper
dubbing
1- the replacement of a soundtrack in one language by one in another language
- the combination of several soundtracks into a single track
- the addition of a soundtrack to a film or broadcast
dubbing
2- angling hair or fur spun on waxed silk and added to the body of an artificial fly to give it shape
- a variant of dubbin
dub
1- (tr) to invest (a person) with knighthood by the ritual of tapping on the shoulder with a sword
- (tr) to invest with a title, name, or nickname
- (tr) to dress (leather) by rubbing
- angling to dress (a fly)
- the sound of a drum
Word Origin for dub
dub
2- to alter the soundtrack of (an old recording, film, etc)
- (tr) to substitute for the soundtrack of (a film) a new soundtrack, esp in a different language
- (tr) to provide (a film or tape) with a soundtrack
- (tr) to alter (a taped soundtrack) by removing some parts and exaggerating others
- films the new sounds added
- musica style of record production associated with reggae, involving the removal or exaggeration of instrumental parts, extensive use of echo, etc
- (as modifier)a dub mix
Word Origin for dub
dub
3- Australian and NZ informal short for double-bank
dub
4- a clumsy or awkward person or player
- to bungle (a shot), as in golf
Word Origin for dub
dub
5- Scot and Northern English dialect a pool of water; puddle
Word Origin for dub
dub
6- (intr; foll by in, up, or out) slang to contribute to the cost of (something); pay
Word Origin for dub
Word Origin and History for dubbing
dub
"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.
dub
"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.