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dubbed

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[duhbd]

adjective

  1. given a specified name, title, nickname, or other designation.

    In his new line of glam fashions, the aptly dubbed “King of Sequins” draws on pop-culture references to bring the dazzling red-carpet world to street-ready life.

  2. having had knighthood conferred by a monarch in a special ceremony.

    Though he was a newly dubbed knight, he was trusted early with several commands because of his prior successful campaigns.

  3. (of leather or timber) cut, rubbed, or made smooth.

    The bracelet is of dubbed leather with a thickness of 2 mm, black in color.



verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of dub.

dubbed

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[duhbd]

adjective

  1. (of a film or tape) furnished with a new soundtrack, especially one recorded in a different language.

    A lot of mainstream cinemas don't like to show dubbed films because of the difficulty of syncing speech to actors’ mouth movements.

  2. (of music, speech, or sound effects) added to a film or tape recording.

    This film has opening and closing titles with some dubbed sound and music, but no dialogue.

  3. (of an audio recording) copied or being a copy.

    I can't tell you how many mornings I spent listening to this album on a dubbed cassette tape, back when I was 12 years old.

verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of dub.

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Some online versions have been dubbed so that Sheinbaum speaks in a heavily accented English.

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Kushins’ comprehensive, enlightening biography of Elmore Leonard, dubbed the Dickens of Detroit.

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But California officials worry their ambitious goals are likely to be thwarted by deep cuts to those federal agencies by Elon Musk’s budget-whacking White House advisory team, dubbed the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.

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The Raja Ampat archipelago - a group of small islands in Indonesia's Southwest Papua Province - has been dubbed the "Amazon of the Seas".

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Recent warm, dry days in some parts of the UK have helped spread pollen through the air, creating what's been dubbed a 'pollen bomb'.

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