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DUBS
Noun
Dubs
plural of Dub
Anagrams
• BUDs, Buds, D-sub, DBUs, buds
Noun
dubs
plural of dub
an image board post venerated for its post number, which ends in two repeated digits
Verb
dubs
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dub
Anagrams
• BUDs, Buds, D-sub, DBUs, buds
Source: Wiktionary
DUB
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. dĂłb mire, stream, W. dwvr water.]
Definition: A pool or puddle. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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