Meaning of Dub | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Initialism of dysfunctional uterine bleeding.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
2. A blow, thrust, or poke.
   rare
3. An unskillful, awkward person.
   historical, slang
4. A Dubliner.
   Ireland, colloquial
5. Abbreviation of University of Dublin, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.
   abbreviation, alt-of
6. A mostly instrumental remix with all or part of the vocals removed.
   countable
7. A pool or puddle.
   UK, dialectal
8. A twenty-dollar sack of marijuana.
   slang
9. A lock.
   UK, obsolete
10. Clipping of double-u.
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
11. A small copper coin once used in India.
    India, historical
12. A poorly executed shot.
13. A style of reggae music involving mixing of different audio tracks.
    uncountable
14. A wheel rim measuring 20 inches or more.
    slang
15. A key, especially a master key; a lock pick.
    UK, obsolete
16. A win.
    Internet
17. A trend in music starting in 2009, in which bass distortion is synced off timing to electronic dance music.
    uncountable
18. A piece of graffiti in metallic colour with a thick black outline.
    countable, slang
19. The replacement of a voice part in a movie or cartoon, particularly with a translation; an instance of dubbing.
    countable

Equivalents

Examples

“And kettle-drums, whose sullen dub Sounds like the hooping of a tub”

“As I came over the hill, I saw Ernest Plinlimmon and his partner, in whom I recognized a prominent local dub, emerging from the rough on the right. Apparently, the latter had sliced from the tee, and Ernest had been helping him find his ball.”

“The miser, a-seeking lost gelt, / The doughboy, awaiting the battle, / May possibly know how I felt / While the long years dragged by as the dealer / As slow as the slowest of dubs, / Stuck out the last helping of tickets / 'Till I lifted—the Bullet of Clubs!”

“It’s also burnished by intriguing sense of vaguely dub-influenced space. At one point, it breaks down to little more than a stabbing, echoing organ with a vintage reggae flavour.”

“But I think my bass playing is definitely dub-influenced.”

“Dyl’s polyrhythmic grooves on The Subsurface Project fuse dub techno and drum & bass, mixing modular sounds with hints of warm, jittery jungle.”

“It reminded me of that classic Full Cycle vibe of jazzy soulful sounds blending with dub bass and fx.”

“[…] we climbed up the scaffolding and did these gold little dubs and you couldn't see them.”

“The year 1998 was alive with graffiti and trains pulling up with dubs on their sides.”

““Has he nae friends?” said she, in a tearful voice. “That has he so!” cried Alan, “if we could but win to them!—friends and rich friends, beds to lie in, food to eat, doctors to see to him—and here he must tramp in the dubs and sleep in the heather like a beggarman.””

“When I pull up out front, you see the Benz on dubs.”

“[…]going upon the dobbin, is a woman dressed like a servant maid, no hat nor cloak on, a bunch of young dubs by her side, which are a bunch of small keys[…]”

“World Wide Web or WWW Pronouncing this "dub dub dub" (with no rub-a) will definitely establish you as an insider.”

“I once met a gaggle of Aussies who'd paid thousands of dollars out of their own pockets for airfare and registration to attend an annual Apple convention called the Worldwide Developers Conference, or WWDC—or, in this crowd, “Dub Dub.””

“I haven't had a dub in a few games.”

“There is a distinction between Dubliners on the one hand and "rednecks" on the other. […] The Dubs historically went to Liverpool and Birmingham, so they don't have the connections.”

“I did the Pat Kenny show one night and talked about coming from the bottom up, and I got numerous letters, saying to hear somebody with a Dub accent running the brewery was unbelievable.”

“Eric released her, grinning. You're a Dub anyway, he said.”

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