dub vs purple

dub

noun
  • A piece of graffiti in metallic colour with a thick black outline. 

  • A twenty-dollar sack of marijuana. 

  • A blow, thrust, or poke. 

  • A trend in music starting in 2009, in which bass distortion is synced off timing to electronic dance music. 

  • A win. 

  • The replacement of a voice part in a movie or cartoon, particularly with a translation; an instance of dubbing. 

  • A style of reggae music involving mixing of different audio tracks. 

  • An unskillful, awkward person. 

  • A mostly instrumental remix with all or part of the vocals removed. 

  • A pool or puddle. 

  • A wheel rim measuring 20 inches or more. 

verb
  • (now historical) To confer knighthood; the conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with a sword. 

  • To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap. 

  • To replace the original soundtrack of a film with a synchronized translation 

  • To make a copy from an original or master audio tape. 

  • To dress a fishing fly. 

  • To dress with an adze. 

  • To make a noise by brisk drumbeats. 

  • To prepare (a gamecock) for fighting, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles. 

  • To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of currying it. 

  • To mix audio tracks to produce a new sound; to remix. 

  • To deem. 

  • To execute a shot poorly. 

  • To do something badly. 

  • To name, to entitle, to call. 

  • To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn. 

  • To add sound to film or change audio on film. 

purple

noun
  • A color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta. 

  • Any of the species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis). 

  • Purpura. 

  • The purple haze cultivar of cannabis in the kush family, either pure or mixed with others, or by extension any variety of smoked marijuana. 

  • Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk. 

  • Earcockle, a disease of wheat. 

  • A cardinalate. 

  • Any non-spectral colour on the line of purples on a colour chromaticity diagram or a colour wheel between violet and red. 

  • Cloth, or a garment, dyed a purple colour; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple robe or mantle worn by Ancient Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity. 

  • Imperial power, because the colour purple was worn by emperors and kings. 

adj
  • Completed in the fastest time so far in a given session. 

  • Extravagantly ornate, like purple prose. 

  • Mixed between social democrats and liberals. 

  • Imperial; regal. 

  • Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support. 

  • Having a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue. 

  • Blood-red; bloody. 

verb
  • To clothe in purple. 

  • To dye purple. 

  • To turn purple in colour. 

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