Synonyms for dub

Grammar : Verb

Spell : duhb

Phonetic Transcription : dʌb

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Définition of dub

Origin : "give a name to," originally "make a knight," from late Old English dubbian "knight by striking with a sword" (11c.), a late word, perhaps borrowed from Old French aduber "equip with arms, adorn" (11c.) of uncertain origin, but there are phonetic difficulties. Meaning "provided with a name" is from 1590s. Related: Dubbed; dubbing.

verb name, label something

Example sentences :

People can talk all they want to about your bein' just a dub—I won't believe 'em.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

It's the thing to be alive in athletics and a dub in everything else.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

Going to a turf pit, he dipped both hands in the dub, and brought some water.
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

Really, Miss Knowles, you must think me a good deal of a dub.
Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet

I am nothing but a dub—and you—they say are rich—but some day I'm going to be something else.
Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland

You'll probably see me relegated to the scrub, sub or dub class.
Extract from : « Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore » by Pauline Lester

Not that I feared death; no man who ever knew me could dub me coward.
Extract from : « A Middy of the King » by Harry Collingwood

Perhaps that explains why we dub persons who are passé "lemons."
Extract from : « Where the Strange Trails Go Down » by E. Alexander Powell

There's a dub at every door, and before some doors there's twa.
Extract from : « The Proverbs of Scotland » by Alexander Hislop

There was ne'er a gude toun but there was a dub at the end o't.
Extract from : « The Proverbs of Scotland » by Alexander Hislop

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