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dubs

SayDUBZ/dʌbz/

4 meanings of dubs

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  1. 1
    noun
    Plural of dub. Use this form when you mean more than one dub.

    The band made several dubs of their demo tape to hand out at shows.

    He kept all his old cassette dubs in a shoebox under the bed.

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  2. 2
    verb
    Third-person singular present tense of dub. Use it with he, she, or it.

    She dubs the new puppy "Captain" the moment she sees him.

    The studio dubs popular cartoons into many languages for kids around the world.

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  3. 3
    nouncolloquialuncountable
    A casual name for the letter W when you read or spell something out.

    She wrote three dubs at the start of the web address before the site name.

    Reading the long password aloud, he paused at the run of dubs in the middle.

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  4. 4
    noununcountable
    A post on an image board that gets attention because its ID number ends in two matching digits.

    Like winning a small prize just because your ticket number happens to have a lucky pattern.

    He got dubs on his post, and the whole thread cheered him on.

    Everyone wanted dubs, so they kept refreshing to catch a lucky number.

    Similardoubles

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dubs is a form of dub

dub, noun: A recorded replacement of the voices in a movie or cartoon, often in another language. Full entry

Forms
dubdubs plural
Spelling
dub → dubs: add -s
Sound
The ending sounds like /z/.

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Origin

A short form of the word "double".