Meanings
dubber1
plural dubbers
- One who dubs, or gives a name.
[…]thus to knight someone lacking in virtue dishonoured the dubber.
2002, Peter R. Coss, Maurice Hugh Keen, Heraldry, Pageantry, and Social Display in Medieval England, page 199 - A person who records or adds a dubbed soundtrack to a film.
- UKobsoleteslangA person's mouth or tongue.
"Shut your dubber. Think you're a regular duchess, you do, eh? I ain't answering no more questions."
2010, Emily Hendrickson, The Fashionable Spy1 more example
"Well, Sal, you mum your dubber pretty generally, but when you do slacken your glib you may as well do it civilly."
1857, Hidden Links; Or the Schoolfellows. A Tale, volume 2, page 233
dubber2
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
dubber · noun
- Arabicدُبَّاء“bottle gourd”
- Englishdubber
From Arabic دُبَّاء (dubbāʔ, “bottle gourd”).
More words from Arabic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مُدَبْلِج, مُدَبْلِجَة
- مُدَبْلِج (mudablij)person working with film
- مُدَبْلِجَة (mudablija)person working with film
Czech dabér
- dabérperson working with film
French doubleur, doubleuse
- doubleurperson working with film
- doubleuseperson working with film
- doubleursperson working with film
- doubleusesperson working with film
Italian doppiatore
- doppiatoreperson working with film
Portuguese dobrador, dublador
- dobradorperson working with film
- dubladorperson working with film
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with dubber
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Cite this entry
dubber. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dubber
“dubber.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dubber. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dubber,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dubber.
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