dub

dub ¹  (db)

tr.v. dubbed, dub·bing, dubs

1. To tap lightly on the shoulder by way of conferring knighthood.

2. To honor with a new title or description.

3. To give a name to facetiously or playfully; nickname.

4. To strike, cut, or rub (timber or leather, for example) so as to make even or smooth.

5. To dress (a fowl).

6. To execute (a golf stroke, for example) poorly.

n.

An awkward person or player; a bungler.

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[Middle English dubben, from Old English dubbian, perhaps from Old French aduber.]

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dub ²  (db)

v. dubbed, dub·bing, dubs

v.tr.

1. To thrust at; poke.

2. To beat (a drum).

v.intr.

1. To make a thrust.

2. To beat on a drum.

n.

1. The act of dubbing.

2. A drumbeat.

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[Perhaps from Low German dubben, to hit, strike.]

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dub ³  (db)

tr.v. dubbed, dub·bing, dubs

1.

a. To transfer (recorded material) onto a new recording medium.

b. To copy (a record or tape).

2. To insert a new soundtrack, often a synchronized translation of the original dialogue, into (a film).

3. To add (sound) into a film or tape: dub in strings behind the vocal.

n.

1. The new sounds added by dubbing.

2. A dubbed copy of a tape or record.

3. A mostly instrumental style of music originating in Jamaica, produced by remixing existing recordings to emphasize bass and drum rhythms and adding audio effects

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[Short for double.]

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dubber n.

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dub ⁴  (db)

n. Scots

A puddle or small pool.

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[Origin unknown.]

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dub ¹

Verb

[dubbing, dubbed] to give (a person or place) a name or nickname: he is dubbed a racist despite his strong denials [Old English dubbian]

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dub ²

Verb

[dubbing, dubbed]

1. to provide (a film) with a new soundtrack in a different language

2. to provide (a film or tape) with a soundtrack

Noun

Music a style of reggae record production involving exaggeration of instrumental parts, echo, etc. [shortened from double]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dub - the new sounds added by dubbing auditory sensation, sound - the subjective sensation of hearing something; "he strained to hear the faint sounds"
Verb	1.	dub - give a nickname to nickname call, name - assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"
	2.	dub - provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, film, picture show, flick, picture - a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location" synchronise, synchronize - make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action; "synchronize this film"
	3.	dub - raise (someone) to knighthood; "The Beatles were knighted" knight ennoble, gentle, entitle - give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility

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dub

verb name, call, term, style, label, nickname, designate, christen, denominate

Translations

dub¹

v dub [dab]

1 to give (a film) a new sound-track (eg in a different language). oorklank يُدَبْلِج، يُضيف صَوْتا بِلُغَةٍ أخْرى дублирам dabovat dubbe synchronisieren μεταγλωττίζω doblar dubleerima دوبله کردن jälkiäänittää doubler לְדַבֵּב दूसरी भाषा में किसी फिल्म का नया साउंड-ट्रैक तैयार करना sinkronizirati szinkronizál mengganti suara hljóðsetja doppiare 吹き替えをする (자국어로) 번역해서 녹음하다 dubliuoti dublēt (filmu) memasukkan suara ke dalam filem nasynchroniseren dubbe, legg på ny lyd dubbingować dublar a dubla (un film) дублировать dabovať sinhronizirati sinhronizovati dubba, eftersynkronisera พากย์ dublaj yapmak, seslendirmek 為(電影等)配音(譯成另一語言) дублювати фільм دوسری سماعی پٹی لگانا lồng tiếng 为（电影等）配音（译成另一语言）

2 to add sound effects or music to (a film etc). inklank يُضيفُ مُؤَثِّراتٍ صَوْتِيَّه прибавям звукови ефекти provést postsynchron eftersynkronisere synchronisieren ντουμπλάρω sonorizar (järel)helindama صداگذاری کردن jälkiäänittää postsynchroniser לְהוֹסִיף אֱפֶקטִים מוזיקאליים किसी फिल्म इत्यादि में साउंड इफेक्ट या संगीत डालना ozvučiti film hangeffektusokkal kísér menambah suara hljóðsetja effettuare la postsincronizzazione*, sonorizzare 音響効果をつける 음향 효과를 넣다 įgarsinti ieskaņot (filmu) mengalih suara bijmixen ettersynkronisere dodać efekty dźwiękowe sonorizar a sincroniza добавлять звуковые эффекты postsynchronizovať ozvočiti sinhronizovati lägga på ljudeffekter อัดเสียงลงบนแผ่นฟิล์ม müzik, konuşma vb. eklemek 為(電影等)加上音響效果 накладати фонограму فلم وغیرہ میں موسیقی یا صوتی اثرات داخل کرنا lồng nhạc; lồng tiếng 为（电影等）加上音响效果

n dubbing

oorklanking دَبْلَجَه، إضافَة مُؤَثِّراتٍ صَوْتِيَّه дублиране dabing dubbing; eftersynkronisering die Synchronisation ντουμπλάρισμα doblaje dublaaþ دوبلاژ jälkiäänitys doublage דִיבּוּב दूसरी भाषा में तैयार किसी फिल्म का नया साउंड-ट्रैक ozvučenje (utó)szinkronizálás pemberian suara hljóðsetning doppiaggio 吹き替え 더빙 dubliavimas (filmas) dublēšana; ieskaņošana alih sunting het nasynchroniseren dubbing, ettersynkronisering dubbing dublagem dublaj; sincronizare дублирование dabing sinhronizacija sinhronizacija dubbning, eftersynkronisering การอัดเสียงลงบนแผ่นฟิล์ม dublaj 配音 дублювання; копія фонограми فلم وغیرہ کی متبادل صوتی پٹی sự lồng tiếng 配音