dubbing
(noun) a new soundtrack that is added to a film
dub
(verb) provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language
dub, nickname
(verb) give a nickname to
knight, dub
(verb) raise (someone) to knighthood; “The Beatles were knighted”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dubbing (countable and uncountable, plural dubbings)
The conferral of knighthood; investment with a title.
The replacement of a voice part in a movie or cartoon, particularly with a translation, revoicing.
(filmmaking) The process in which additional or supplementary recordings are "mixed" with original production sound to create the finished soundtrack.
The transfer of recorded music from one medium to another.
Alternative spelling of dubbin
dubbing
present participle of dub
Source: Wiktionary
Dub"bing, n.
1. The act of dubbing, as a knight, etc.
2. The act of rubbing, smoothing, or dressing; a dressing off smooth with an adz.
3. A dressing of flour and water used by weavers; a mixture of oil and tallow for dressing leather; daubing.
4. The body substance of an angler's fly. Davy.
Dub, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dubbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dubbing.] Etym: [AS. dubban to strike, beat ("dubbade his sunu . . . to ridere." AS. Chron. an 1086); akin to Icel. dubba; cf. OF. adouber (prob. fr. Icel.) a chevalier, Icel. dubba til riddara.]
1. To confer knight.
Note: 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. Pope.
3. To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn. [Obs.] His diadem was dropped down Dubbed with stones. Morte d'Arthure.
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, v. i.
Definition: To make a noise by brisk drumbeats. "Now the drum dubs." Beau. & Fl.
Dub, n.
Definition: A blow. [R.] Hudibras.
Dub, n. Etym: [Cf. Ir. dób mire, stream, W. dwvr water.]
Definition: A pool or puddle. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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