Dub

Quick meaning: Dub is a verb meaning (transitive, now informal) To name, to entitle, to call.

Meaning

(transitive, now informal) To name, to entitle, to call.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To deem.
2. To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.
3. (heading) To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab.
4. To prepare (a gamecock) for fighting, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles.
5. To make a noise by brisk drumbeats.
6. To do something badly.
7. (transitive, now historical or ceremonial) To confer knighthood; the conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with a sword, the accolade.

Example Sentences

A man of wealth is dubbed a man of worth.

His diadem was dropped down / Dubbed with stones.

You promiſt Knighthood to our forward ſonne, / Vnſheath your ſword, and dub him preſently.

It occurred to him that he had not been dubbed a knight, and that according to the law of chivalry he neither could nor ought to bear arms against any knight; […].

Word Forms

• dubs
• dubbing
• dubbed

Synonyms for dub

Depending on context, synonyms include knight, designate, name, bename, call, clepe.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include knight, nickname, entitle, christen, name, describe.

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