dub

To give someone or something a name or title, often because of a particular quality.

• They dubbed him the Professor.
• The press dubbed the village a hidden gem.
• Fans have dubbed her the fastest woman alive.

How to use it: dub someone/something something (Fans dubbed her the queen of pop.)

Similar words: call, name, nickname

Common phrases: dub someone something, dub someone a hero

To officially make someone a knight in a ceremony.

• The queen dubbed him a knight.
• He knelt before the king, who dubbed him Sir Robert.
• Several soldiers were dubbed knights after the battle.

How to use it: dub someone a knight (The king dubbed him a knight for his service.)

Similar words: knight

Common phrases: dub someone knight, dub someone sir

To describe or judge someone or something as having a particular quality.

• Critics dubbed the plan unworkable.
• The review dubbed the film disappointing.
• Experts dubbed the new method unreliable.

How to use it: dub someone/something adjective (Critics dubbed the proposal unrealistic.)

Similar words: deem, consider, judge

Common phrases: dub something unfair, dub something dangerous, dub something worthless

To dress someone in special clothing or decorate someone or something.

• They dubbed the statue with flowers.
• The attendants dubbed her in silver robes.
• He stood dubbed in his finest clothes.

How to use it: dub someone/something with something (They dubbed the figure with gold ornaments.); dub someone in something (The attendants dubbed him in fine robes.)

Similar words: adorn, dress, decorate

Common phrases: dub with jewels, dub in robes

A version of a film or cartoon with recorded voices replacing the original ones, often in another language.

• I prefer the original to the dub.
• The English dub has some excellent voice actors.
• Is there a French dub of this cartoon?

How to use it: a dub of something (We watched an English dub of the Japanese film.)

Similar words: dubbed version

Common phrases: english dub, watch the dub, dub of something

A piece of graffiti painted in a metallic color with a thick black border.

• A silver dub covered the wall.
• The artist added a thick outline to the dub.
• Several dubs appeared along the railway overnight.

Common phrases: silver dub, paint a dub, large dub

A bag of marijuana sold for twenty dollars.

• He bought a dub of weed.
• The dealer charged twenty dollars for a dub.
• She said the bag was only a dub.

Similar words: twenty bag

Common phrases: buy a dub, sell a dub, dub of weed

A large metal wheel rim, at least twenty inches across.

• He bought a shiny dub for his car.
• The truck has four chrome dubs.
• Will this dub fit my wheel?

Similar words: rim

Common phrases: chrome dub, custom dub