dub

dub

verb

Definition of DUB

1

to give a name to <I've dubbed my car the “Lone Ranger,” although “Loan Raider” probably would have been more apt>

Synonyms baptize, call, christen, clepe [archaic], denominate, designate, dub, entitle, label, nominate, style, term, title

Related Words brand, stigmatize, tag; denote, specify; miscall, misname, mistitle; code-name, nickname; rechristen, relabel, rename; surname

2

to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way <he dubbed his first attempt at homemade wine, but he got it reasonably right on the second>

Synonyms blow, bobble, boggle, bollix (up), boot, bugger (up), bumble, bungle, butcher, dub, flub, fluff, foozle, foul up, fumble, goof (up), louse up, mangle, mess (up), muck up, muff, murder, screw up

Related Words blunder, gum (up), muddle, piffle; blemish, blight, damage, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, mutilate, ruin, spoil, vitiate; destroy, wreck; mishandle, mismanage

Near Antonyms ameliorate, better, enhance, help, improve, meliorate, rectify, refine, reform, remedy; doctor, fix, patch, recondition, renovate, repair, revamp