dub : Idioms & Phrases

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rub-a-dub

  • noun the sound made by beating a drum
    drumbeat; rataplan.
WordNet

ruba-dub

Rub"a-dub noun
Definitions
  1. The sound of a drum when continuously beaten; hence, a clamorous, repeated sound; a clatter.
    The rubadub of the abolition presses. D. Webster.
Webster 1913

To dub a fly

  • to dress a fishing fly. Prov. Eng. Halliwell.
Webster 1913

To dub out

  • (Plastering), to fill out, as an uneven surface, to a plane, or to carry out a series of small projections.
Webster 1913