<p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>dubbed</li><li>dubbing</li><li>to invest with any name, character, dignity, or title; style; name; call: He was dubbed a hero</li><li>to strike lightly with a sword in the ceremony of conferring knighthood; make, or designate as, a knight: The king dubbed him a knight</li><li>to strike, cut, rub, or make smooth, as leather or timber</li></ul>