dubs

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʌbz/
• Rhymes: -ʌbz

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

dubs

1. plural of dub

Verb

dubs

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dub

Etymology 2

Contraction of double.

Noun

dubs (uncountable)

2. (colloquial) The name of the Latin-script letter W/w.
   • 2019, The Angry Birds Movie 2, spoken by Chuck (Josh Gad):

     Oh, B-T-W, you misspelled "heist". It's "ei", not "ie".

3. (Internet slang) An image board post venerated for its post number, which ends in two repeated digits.

   dubs decides what i do with this gun

   • http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/weird-news/4chan-user-chops-toe-because-6363754
   • https://web.archive.org/web/20170812000013/http://thegoldwater.com/news/6241-8chan-pol-Discusses-Vladimir-Putin-Calling-Out-The-Pope-As-False-Prophet

Derived terms

• bee tee dubs
• GeeDubs

Related terms

• trips (three repeated digits), quads (four repeated digits), quints (five repeated digits)

Anagrams

• BUDs, Buds, D-sub, DBUs, buds

Spanish

Noun

dubs m pl

1. plural of dub