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dub something in

to mix a new sound recording into an old one. The actor messed up his lines, but they dubbed the correct words in later. They dubbed in his lines.

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dub something over

to record a replacement sound over another sound in a recording. They had dubbed over all the dialog in the movie. It doesn't matter if you say a word wrong on the tape. We can dub it over.

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flub the dub

Inf. to fail to do the right thing. Martin is flubbing the dub with the fund-raising campaign. Please don't flub the dub this time.

See also: dub, flub

double saw(buck)

and double and dub

n. a twenty-dollar bill. (see also sawbuck.) This whole thing only cost a double sawbuck. Can you loan me a dub?

See also: double, sawbuck

dub

verb

See double sawbuck

dub

(dəb)

1. tv. & in. to duplicate something; to copy something. Dub this and keep a copy yourself.

2. n. a duplicate; a copy. The dub was so poor we couldn’t understand the dialogue.

3. Go to double saw(buck).

dub-dub-dub

and dubya-dubya-dubya

n. double-u, double-u, double-u, the letters WWW found in World Wide Web addresses. (The second version is merely a colloquial pronunciation of double-u, and neither is commonly written or printed.) Our address is dub-dub-dub dot reindeer dot com.

flub the dub

tv. to fail to do the right thing. Martin is flubbing the dub with the fund-raising campaign.

See also: dub, flub