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dubba

“dubba” is a Swedish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to dub, to knight (to confer a knighthood upon)
  2. to stud (e.g. to put studs on a snow tire)
  3. to dub, to add a soundtrack in a different language to a movie

Etymology

From Old Norse dubba (“to dub (a knight)”), probably borrowed from Old French adober, cognate with English dub, used in Swedish since 1657.

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