What is "dubbed"

Dub \Dub\ (d[u^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dubbed (d[u^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. Dubbing.] [AS. dubban to strike, beat (``dubbade his sunu . . . to r[=i]dere.'' --AS. Chron. an. 1086); akin to Icel. dubba; cf. OF. adouber (prob. fr. Icel.) a chevalier, Icel. dubba til riddara.]

1. To confer knighthood upon; as, the king dubbed his son Henry a knight.

   Note: The conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with the sword.

2. To invest with any dignity or new character; to entitle; to call.

   A man of wealth is dubbed a man of worth.
   --Pope.

3. To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn. [Obs.]

   His diadem was dropped down Dubbed with stones.
   --Morte d'Arthure.

4. To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab; as:

   1. To dress with an adz; as, to dub a stick of timber smooth.

   2. To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap.
      --Halliwell.

   3. To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of cyrrying it.
      --Tomlinson.

   4. To prepare for fighting, as a gamecock, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles.

      To dub a fly, to dress a fishing fly. [Prov. Eng.]
      --Halliwell.

      To dub out (Plastering), to fill out, as an uneven surface, to a plane, or to carry out a series of small projections.

vb. (en-pastdub)

1. v. give a nickname to [syn: nickname]

2. provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language

3. raise (someone) to knighthood; "The Beatles were knighted" [syn: knight]

4. [also: dubbing, dubbed]

See dub