dub

a clumsy, awkward person even though I wasn't the most graceful skater on the ice, I thought I did well for a dub Synonyms butterfingers, klutz, looby, lubber, lummox, spaz [slang]Related Words clodhopper, gawk, gawky, lout, lump, oaf, tawpie [chiefly Scottish], tyke (also tike) [chiefly British]; bungler, duffer, fumbler, stumblebum, stumbler

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, name, entitle, label, nominate, style, term, titleRelated 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, botch, flub, fluff, foozle, foul up, fumble, goof (up), louse up, mangle, mess (up), muck up, muff, murder, screw upRelated Words blunder, gum (up), muddle, piffle; blemish, blight, damage, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, mutilate, ruin, spoil, vitiate; destroy, wreck; mishandle, mismanageNear Antonyms ameliorate, better, enhance, help, improve, meliorate, rectify, refine, reform, remedy; doctor, fix, patch, recondition, renovate, repair, revamp