Dub

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Dub may refer to:

Arts and entertainment:

• Dub music, a sub-genre of reggae music
• Dub poetry, a form of performance poetry consisting of spoken word over reggae rhythms
• DUB Magazine, covering the urban custom car culture
• The Dubs, an American vocal group from the 1950s
• Dubbing (music), the copying of audio recordings from one medium to another
• Dubbing (filmmaking), the process of recording or replacing voices for a motion picture
• Overdubbing, adding supplementary recorded sound to a previous recording
• Dub localization, altering the dubbed translation of a foreign language film or television series to further adapt it for a "local" audience
• Lip dub, a type of music video that combines lip syncing and audio dubbing
• Dubbing dramaturge, a profession in the movie industry
• Dubplate, an acetate disc used in mastering studios for test recordings

People:

• Dub of Scotland (d. 967), King of Alba
• Dub Taylor (1907-1994), Walter Taylor, Jr., American actor
• Will "Dub" Jones (singer) (1928-2000), American bass vocalist
• William "Dub" Jones (football player), American professional football player
• Dub Robinson, W.T. "Dub" Robinson, former tennis coach at Louisiana State University
• Henry Dübs (1816-1876), British businessman
  • Dübs and Company, a Scottish steam locomotive works, founded by Henry Dübs
• Jakob Dubs (1822-1879), Swiss politician
• Adolph Dubs (1920-1979), U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan
• Alf Dubs, Alfred Dubs, Baron Dubs, British politician and former Member of Parliament

Places:

• Dublin Airport (IATA airport code: DUB), Republic of Ireland
• Dub, Fujairah, United Arab Emirates
• Český Dub, the Czech Republic

Other uses:

• Dub (wheel), an automobile wheel or rim that is twenty inches in diameter
• Dub, son of the Celtic goddess Carman, in Irish mythology
• Dub, Manx English word for pond
• A normal heart sound, or heartbeat
• VDub, a tagline used in Volkswagen advertisements
• Short pronunciation of the letter W
• Deubiquitinating enzymes, essential components of the ubiquitin-proteasome system
• Dysfunctional uterine bleeding, medical condition
• Down Under Bowl, annual high school football competition in Australia
• Dub, material such as fur or hair used in fly tying
• Dub is the common term for accolade, the conferring of knighthood
• Dub, to cut off the comb and wattles of a gamecock or other rooster