dubby

See also: Dubby

English

Etymology 1

From dub +‎ -y.

Adjective

dubby (comparative more dubby, superlative most dubby)

1. (music) In the style of dub music; having been heavily remixed, particularly with reduced vocals or emphasised bass.
   • 2005, Simon Reynolds, Rip it up and start again: postpunk 1978-1984:

     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.

   • 2009, Mark Andersen, Mark Jenkins, Dance of Days: Updated Edition: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital:

     As this "song with no words" rose from its dubby beginning to a roaring Crescendo, MacKayre sang, […]

2. (dated, dialectal) stubby, stumpy; Lacking shapeliness or finesse.
   • 1863, “Flowers of the Witness-Box”, in Charles Dickens, editor, All the Year Round:

     Why is its brim an object to be perpetually plucked and pinched with dubby fingers?

   • 1868, Camilla Willian, “So as by Fire”, in Ballou's Monthly Magazine‎:

     I look just like all short, dubby, light-complexioned girls.

3. (dated, dialectal) wet and muddy; dirty
   • 1832, John Galt, Stanley Buxton: or, The schoolfellows:

     "Set the umbrella ready, and my pattens at the door, for I fear the roads are dubby."

   • 1994, Duncan McLean, Blackden:

     I was going to stand on it, but my boots are a bit dubby

Etymology 2

Noun

dubby (plural dubbies)

1. (slang) Synonym of rubby-dub (“drinker of alcohol in non-beverage form”).

See also

• dub
• lubby-dubby
• rubby-dubby

Anagrams

• Budby