Undub
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A version of a video game that has been modified in this way.
Verb
- 1 To withdraw a knighthood from. transitive
"In 1624, Arundel […] declared that Sir Thomas Harris, a Shropshire baronet, was 'no gentleman'; at the same time Arundel discovered that his authority did not extend to undubbing the baronet because that honour had been granted by 'patent under the under the great seal of England'."
- 2 To unofficially modify (a video game) so as to restore the original spoken audio that had been localized for export, while retaining the translated text of the target language. transitive
Example
More examples"In 1624, Arundel […] declared that Sir Thomas Harris, a Shropshire baronet, was 'no gentleman'; at the same time Arundel discovered that his authority did not extend to undubbing the baronet because that honour had been granted by 'patent under the under the great seal of England'."
Etymology
From un- + dub.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.