Dub Definition
- to insert (dialogue, music, etc.) in the soundtrack
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Dub
- dub in
Origin of Dub
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From a Late Old English (11th century) word dubban (“to knight by striking with a sword”) perhaps borrowed from Old French aduber, adober "equip with arms; adorn" (also 11th century, Modern French adouber), of uncertain origin, but possibly from a Frankish *dubban, cognate with Icelandic dubba (dubba til riddara). Compare also drub for an English reflex of the Germanic word.
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Middle English dubben from Old English dubbian perhaps from Old French aduber
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Perhaps from Low German dubben to hit, strike
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Compare Irish dobhar (“water”), Welsh dŵr (“water”).
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From shortening of double dime (“twenty”).
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The modern sense of "to name" is from the 1590s.
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From a shortening of the word double.
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Short for double
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Origin unknown
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