DUB
DUB. A clipping of double.
1. To alter a soundtrack, as in dubbing a film, especially to re-express dialogue in a different language, or to use a different voice, series of sounds, etc.: dubbing ‘Gone with the Wind’ into German; His voice was often dubbed for special effect.
2. To alter a soundtrack by removing some parts and adding or changing others. To dub in means to add (music, speech, etc.) to a film or tape: They'll dub the songs in later.
3. (Used especially of Afro-Caribbean disc jockeys speaking Creole) improvising against a soundtrack or a piece of recorded music. Dub is an especially Jamaican style of delivery that is associated with REGGAE and has spread in recent years to the UK, US, and West Africa. Performance poetry of this kind is called dub poetry and toasting; those who engage in it are dub poets. Compare RAP. See JAMAICAN CREOLE, RASTA TALK.
1. To alter a soundtrack, as in dubbing a film, especially to re-express dialogue in a different language, or to use a different voice, series of sounds, etc.: dubbing ‘Gone with the Wind’ into German; His voice was often dubbed for special effect.
2. To alter a soundtrack by removing some parts and adding or changing others. To dub in means to add (music, speech, etc.) to a film or tape: They'll dub the songs in later.
3. (Used especially of Afro-Caribbean disc jockeys speaking Creole) improvising against a soundtrack or a piece of recorded music. Dub is an especially Jamaican style of delivery that is associated with REGGAE and has spread in recent years to the UK, US, and West Africa. Performance poetry of this kind is called dub poetry and toasting; those who engage in it are dub poets. Compare RAP. See JAMAICAN CREOLE, RASTA TALK.
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