dubby en · ADJ · etymology 1
Etymology
From dub + -y.
Meanings
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In the style of dub music; having been heavily remixed, particularly with reduced vocals or emphasised bass.
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.
2005, Simon Reynolds, Rip it up and start again: postpunk 1978-1984:As this "song with no words" rose from its dubby beginning to a roaring Crescendo, MacKayre sang, […]
2009, Mark Andersen, Mark Jenkins, Dance of Days: Updated Edition: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital:
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(dated, dialectal) stubby, stumpy; Lacking shapeliness or finesse.
Why is its brim an object to be perpetually plucked and pinched with dubby fingers?
1863, “Flowers of the Witness-Box”, in Charles Dickens, editor, All the Year Round:I look just like all short, dubby, light-complexioned girls.
1868, Camilla Willian, “So as by Fire”, in Ballou's Monthly Magazine:
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(dated, dialectal) wet and muddy; dirty
"Set the umbrella ready, and my pattens at the door, for I fear the roads are dubby."
1832, John Galt, Stanley Buxton: or, The schoolfellows:I was going to stand on it, but my boots are a bit dubby
1994, Duncan McLean, Blackden:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more dubby | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most dubby | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |