LekhoriLekhoriTo confer knighthood; the conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with a sword, the accolade.
You promiſt Knighthood to our forward ſonne, / Vnſheath your ſword, and dub him preſently.
To make a noise by brisk drumbeats.
Now the drum dubb's.
To do something badly.
To add sound to film or change audio on film.
To make a copy from an original or master audio tape.
To open or close.
"Crash the cull—down with him—down with him before he dubs the jigger. Tip him the degan, Fib, fake him through and through; if he pikes we shall all be scragged."
A blow, thrust, or poke.
And kettle-drums, whose sullen dub Sounds like the hooping of a tub
Abbreviation of University of Dublin, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.
From Middle English dubben, from Old English dubbian (“to knight by striking with a sword, dub”) from Old French adober (“to equip with arms; adorn”) (also 11th century, Modern French adouber), both f...
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A poorly executed shot.
An unskillful, awkward person.
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.
A mostly instrumental remix with all or part of the vocals removed.
A style of reggae music involving mixing of different audio tracks.
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.
A pool or puddle.
“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.”
A twenty-dollar sack of marijuana.
A lock.
Clipping of double-u.
World Wide Web or WWW Pronouncing this "dub dub dub" (with no rub-a) will definitely establish you as an insider.
A Dubliner.
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.