I. dub 1 /dʌb/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle dubbed , present participle dubbing ) [transitive]
[ Sense 1,5: Language: Old English ; Origin: dubbian ]
[ Sense 2-4: Origin: double ]
1 . [usually passive] to give something or someone a name that describes them in some way ⇨ label , name
be dubbed something
The body, thousands of years old, was found in the Alps and dubbed ‘The Iceman’.
2 . to change the original spoken language of a film or television programme into another language
be dubbed into something
a British film dubbed into French
3 . especially British English to make a record out of two or more different pieces of music or sound mixed together
4 . American English to copy a recording from a tape or ↑ CD onto another tape
5 . if a king or queen dubs someone, they give the title of ↑ knight to that person in a special ceremony
II. dub 2 BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
a style of poetry or music from the West Indies with a strong regular beat