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

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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

Noticing a need for affordable meals, Palacios and fellow USC student Josiah Herfurth spent this past semester hosting $10-per-person lunches at their college apartments, dubbing the offering Cafe 10:31.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

Cars have also been getting wider, with critics dubbing the trend 'carspreading'.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Raman, too, has sought to discredit Pratt, dubbing him an anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

Baba burst out in gales of his deep- throated laughter—a sound not unlike a truck engine revving up—and, when he could talk again, explained to us the concept of voice dubbing.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

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