dubbing

¹ American  

[duhb-ing] / ˈdʌb ɪŋ /

noun

1. the conferring of knighthood; accolade.

2. Angling. the material used for the body of an artificial fly.

3. dubbin.

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dubbing ² American  

[duhb-ing] / ˈdʌb ɪŋ /

noun

1. 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.

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dubbing ¹ British  

/ ˈdʌbɪŋ /

noun

1. the replacement of a soundtrack in one language by one in another language

2. the combination of several soundtracks into a single track

3. the addition of a soundtrack to a film or broadcast

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dubbing ² British  

/ ˈdʌbɪŋ /

noun

1. angling hair or fur spun on waxed silk and added to the body of an artificial fly to give it shape

2. a variant of dubbin

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Etymology

Origin of dubbing¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English; dub ¹ + -ing ¹

Origin of dubbing²

First recorded in 1925–30; dub ⁴ + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

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dubbing

Watching the stop-motion monsters climb over ruined walls to poke at Greece’s elite soldiers, it’s easy to forgive the movie for its less-than-stellar dubbing or borderline nonsensical love story.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

The White House reshared the images on its own X account, dubbing the new document a "patriot passport".

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

He’s said bad periods are a feature as much as a bug, dubbing it “time arbitrage.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

“The guy who sounded exactly like me or very close to me, was the guy who ended up dubbing ‘Wishbone’ in Korean.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

DON Quixote was going back home, mainly because of a conversation he and the innkeeper had had before the dubbing ceremony.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

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