1 [with object and complement] give an unofficial name or nickname to:the media dubbed anorexia ‘the slimming disease’
make (someone) a knight by the ritual touching of the shoulder with a sword:he should be dubbed Sir Hubert
2 [with object] dress (an artificial fishing fly) with strands of fur or wool or with other material: (as noun dubbing)prewaxed thread has dramatically eased the process of dubbing
incorporate (fur, wool, or other materials) into a fishing fly.
3 [with object] smear (leather) with grease.Compare with dubbin.
