Definitions for dubbing

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dubbing dub·bing

Spelling: [duhb-ing]

IPA: /ˈdʌb ɪŋ/

Dubbing is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 84 anagrams from letters in dubbing (bbdginu).

Definitions for dubbing

noun

1. the conferring of knighthood; accolade.
2. Angling. the material used for the body of an artificial fly.
3. dubbin.
4. the act or process of furnishing a film or tape with a new sound track or adding music, sound effects, etc., to an existing one.
5. a thrust; poke.
6. a drumbeat.
7. the new sounds added to a film or tape.
8. a style of popular music based on reggae and produced by remixing previously recorded music to which audio samples and sound effects are added.

Idioms

1. dub bright, Shipbuilding. to shave off the outer surface of the planking of (a ship).

Verb phrases

1. dub out, to omit or erase (unwanted sound) on a tape or sound track:

verb (used with object)

1. to invest with any name, character, dignity, or title; style; name; call:
2. to strike lightly with a sword in the ceremony of conferring knighthood; make, or designate as, a knight:
3. to strike, cut, rub, or make smooth, as leather or timber.
4. to thrust; poke.
5. Golf. to hit (a ball) poorly; misplay (a shot).
6. to execute poorly.
7. to furnish (a film or tape) with a new sound track, as one recorded in the language of the country of import.
8. to add (music, speech, etc.) to a film or tape recording (often followed by in).
9. to copy (a tape or disc recording).

verb (used without object)

1. to thrust; poke.
2. to copy program material from one tape recording onto another.

Origin of dubbing

Middle English word dating back to 1250-1300; See origin at dub¹, -ing¹

Examples for dubbing

One recent visitor on a Trip Advisor forum agreed with him, dubbing the Enchanted attractions “the best things in North Dakota.”

It was a sort of fiction to them, this alliance and this dubbing of sweethearts.

Opponents saw her as a Trojan Horse for the ousted president, dubbing her Xiomel, a conflation of the couple's nicknames.

As the work had already been put together, there was little or no dubbing necessary.

The group memorialized him by dubbing itself the Tooka gang and the surrounding neighborhood “Tookaville.”

A Haaretz editorial was more explicit, dubbing the election of Yosef and Lau “a victory for nepotism.”

The Syrian government denied any involvement in the blast, dubbing the bombing a “heinous crime.”

Is it sufficient evidence for dubbing a man a mere country clown?

For this purpose some good tallow or dubbing may be used; the absorption being aided by a very gentle heat.

Cf. accolade, a blow with the flat of a sword in dubbing a knight.