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verb

ˈdəb How to pronounce dub (audio)
Definition of dubnext
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as in to name
to give a name to I've dubbed my car the "Lone Ranger," although "Loan Raider" probably would have been more apt

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as in to fumble
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

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dub

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noun

as in lubber
a clumsy, awkward person even though I wasn't the most graceful skater on the ice, I thought I did well for a dub

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Recent Examples of dub
Verb
The tax — dubbed the Regional Transit Measure or Measure RTM — comes on top of already-existing transit sales taxes. — Marc Joffe, Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2026 Tesla also runs a chartered car service in the San Francisco area dubbed the FSD (Supervised) Rideshare service. — Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
Noun
Track seven swathes a nervous dub rhythm in cottony pads and opulent harps; track eight takes us out on an uncharacteristically beatless swirl, like a tide pool full of sea anemones. — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 18 July 2026 The Colorado instrumental trio adds some dub and overdubs to their interstellar lounge. — Reed Jackson, SPIN, 17 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for dub
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dub
  1. name
  2. fumble
  3. lubber
  4. label
  5. blow
  6. gawk
  7. call
  8. boot
Verb
  • In high school, Campbell befriended a student named Will Reinart.
    — Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The novel was also named the Best Book of the Year by Amazon, The New Yorker, and People Magazine, among others.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of name
Verb
  • After Jordan fumbled away a screen pass, Maiava later found Mosley for that 68-yard score.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Balogun didn’t hurt his stock or his public image by walking away from Everton, a club that fumbled its way through another transfer window.
    — Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of fumble
Noun
  • One of the synthetic pyrethroids could also help control the young lubber grasshoppers.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Unlike other grasshopper species which are winged and agile, the lubber can't fly.
    — Adriana Brasileiro, orlandosentinel.com, 19 July 2019
Definition of lubber
Verb
  • But Beshear, who has carved out a centrist lane before his potential presidential bid, rejected Republican efforts to label the broader party.
    — Steven Sloan, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Even with that acknowledgment, however, there’s still the truth about the way women leaders must walk a fine line between exercising their power without being labeled as bitchy.
    — Candace Buckner, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of label
Verb
  • But then on Sunday, McFarlane blew a save by serving up a three-run blast to Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Usually a cold front blows through a few days before the dove season opener.
    — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of blow
Noun
  • Carrie raves to Seema about her creative connection with Duncan, and during another writing session, Duncan helps Carrie with her faulty printer and gawks at her closet full of designer dresses and shoes.
    — Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 31 July 2025
  • The badaud, by contrast, is always liable to form a group or crowd, either for a mass gawk or some communal response.
    — Julian Barnes, The New York Review of Books, 27 Apr. 2022
Definition of gawk
Verb
  • Polcari and Lucchini emphasized that aerobic fitness reduces sweating and heat suffering, calling high physical fitness nonnegotiable for modern drivers.
    — Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • After a 3-2 called third strike with two out to Conine in the ninth was overturned on the ABS review, Zeferjahn retired Otto Lopez on a flyout to right.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of call
Verb
  • On fourth-and-1 at the New England 45-yard line early in the fourth quarter, Lock faked a handoff, booted left and threaded a short pass through the arms of defensive tackle Milton Williams to Smith-Njigba, who took over from there.
    — Andrew Destin, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The one person who looks a bit skeptical about this is Yura Borisov (Ilya Sutskever), the OpenAI co-founder who led the charge to get Altman booted from the company.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
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