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[Dub]

If your brother is obsessive about doing the laundry, then you might dub him the "Scion of the Spin Cycle" or the "Dean of Detergent," meaning you’ve given him a funny nickname that’s inspired by his personal quirks.

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To confer knight.

Verb
provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language

Verb
give a nickname to

Verb
raise (someone) to knighthood; "The Beatles were knighted"


v. t.
To confer knighthood upon; as, the king dubbed his son Henry a knight.

v. t.
To invest with any dignity or new character; to entitle; to call.

v. t.
To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.

v. t.
To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab;

v. t.
To dress with an adz; as, to dub a stick of timber smooth.

v. t.
To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap.

v. t.
To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of cyrrying it.

v. t.
To prepare for fighting, as a gamecock, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles.

v. i.
To make a noise by brisk drumbeats.

n.
A blow.

n.
A pool or puddle.


Dub

Dub , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dubbed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dubbing.] [AS. dubban to strike, beat ("dubbade his sunu . . . to r'c6dere." AS. Chron. an 1086); akin to Icel. dubba; cf. OF. adouber (prob. fr. Icel.) a chevalier, Icel. dubba til riddara.] 1. To confer knight. &hand; The conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with the sword. 2. To invest with any dignity or new character; to entitle; to call.
A man of wealth is dubbed a man of worth.
3. To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn. [Obs.]
His diadem was dropped down Dubbed with stones.
4. To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab; as: (a) To dress with an adz; as, to dub a stick of timber smooth. (b) To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap. Halliwell. (c) To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of cyrrying it. Tomlinson. (d) To prepare for fighting, as a gamecock, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles. To dub a fly, to dress a fishing fly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. -- To dub out (Plastering), to fill out, as an uneven surface, to a plane, or to carry out a series of small projections.

Dub

Dub , v. i. To make a noise by brisk drumbeats. "Now the drum dubs." Beau. & Fl.

Dub

Dub, n. A blow. [R.] Hudibras.

Dub

Dub, n. [Cf. Ir. d'a2b mire, stream, W. dwvr water.] A pool or puddle. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

To confer knight.

To make a noise by brisk drumbeats.

A blow.

A pool or puddle.

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