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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