Synonyms for dub
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : duhb |
| Phonetic Transcription : dÊŒb |
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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
- 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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