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dub [ dub ]


transitive verb  (past and past participle dubbed, present participle dub·bing, 3rd person present singular dubs)
Definition:
 
1. add new soundtrack: to add a new soundtrack to a movie or television show with the dialogue in a different language but synchronized as closely as possible with the actors' lips
The movie was dubbed into Italian.

2. add sounds to movie: to add sounds that have been recorded separately to a movie soundtrack

3. copy something onto new medium: to copy something already recorded onto a different recording medium

4. make copy: to make a copy of a record or tape



noun  (plural dubs)
Definition:
 
1. something added by dubbing: new sounds added by dubbing

2. copy of recording: a copy made of a tape or recording

3. style of music: a style of popular music, originating in reggae in the 1970s, involving remixing records to bring some instruments into the foreground and causing others to echo

[Early 20th century. Shortening of double]

dub·ber noun
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