To give an unofficial name or nickname to
“I dub him the king of party poopers.”
To confer knighthood to, typically by the ritual touching of the shoulder with a sword
“On bended knees, he begs him, in the exaggerated speech he has learned from the books on chivalry, to dub him a knight.”
To perform a task incompetently, especially in golf
“He would become confused, self-conscious, and be bound to dub his shot.”
To replace the voice of an actor with that of another
“Last year, you indicated that you planned to dub the film in Spanish.”
To select for a given role or responsibility
To produce a new recording of
To join or merge to form a single unit or substance
An awkward or clumsy person
“I began to take golf lessons and play every day, but I was such a dub and only seemed to get worse.”
The replacement of a voice or recorded part in a recording
“The French dub adapts Buzz Lightyear as Buzz l'Éclair.”
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