Adjective
In the style of dub music; having been heavily remixed, particularly with reduced vocals or emphasised bass.
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What's striking about the record is how PiL assimilated both the dread feel of roots reggae and the dub aesthetic of subtraction (stripping out instruments, using empty space), without ever resorting to obviously dubby production effects like reverb and echo.
As this "song with no words" rose from its dubby beginning to a roaring Crescendo, MacKayre sang, […]
stubby, stumpy; Lacking shapeliness or finesse.
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Why is its brim an object to be perpetually plucked and pinched with dubby fingers?
I look just like all short, dubby, light-complexioned girls.
wet and muddy; dirty
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"Set the umbrella ready, and my pattens at the door, for I fear the roads are dubby."
I was going to stand on it, but my boots are a bit dubby
Noun
Synonym of rubby-dub (“drinker of alcohol in non-beverage form”).
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