Definition of dub

• v. t. - To confer knighthood upon; as, the king dubbed his son Henry a knight.
• v. t. - To invest with any dignity or new character; to entitle; to call.
• v. t. - To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.
• v. t. - To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab;
• v. t. - To dress with an adz; as, to dub a stick of timber smooth.
• v. t. - To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap.
• v. t. - To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of cyrrying it.
• v. t. - To prepare for fighting, as a gamecock, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles.
• v. i. - To make a noise by brisk drumbeats.
• n. - A blow.
• n. - A pool or puddle.