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English

Pronunciation

:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ʌb|-ʌb

Verb

to beat (someone or something) with a stick
to forcefully teach something
to defeat someone soundly; to annihilate or crush
to criticize harshly; to excoriate

Related terms

drubbing

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Drub \Drub\ (dr[u^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drubbed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Drubbing.] [Cf. Prov. E. drab to beat, Icel. & Sw.
drabba to hit, beat, Dan. dr[ae]be to slay, and perh. OE.
drepen to strike, kill, AS. drepan to strike, G. & D. freffen
to hit, touch, Icel. drepa to strike, kill.]
To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel.
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Soundly Drubbed with a good honest cudgel.
--L'Estrange.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Drub \Drub\, n.
A blow with a cudgel; a thump. --Addison.
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WordNet drub
v : beat thoroughly in a competition or fight; "We licked the
other team on Sunday!" [syn: bat, clobber, thrash,
lick]
[also: drubbing, drubbed]

Moby Dictionary
bang , bash , baste , bastinado , bat , batter , beat , beat all hollow ,
beat hollow , beating , belabor , belt , best , biff , birch , blister ,
blow , bonk , buffet , cane , castigate , chop , clip , clobber , clop ,
clout , club , clump , cowhide , crack , cudgel , cut , dash , debacle ,
defeasance , defeat , destroy , dig , dint , do in , drubbing , drumming ,
excoriate , fix , flagellate , flail , flap , flay , flog , fusillade ,
fustigate , give a whipping , give the stick , hammer , hide , hit ,
hors de combat , horsewhip , jab , knock , knout , lace , lambaste ,
larrup , lash , lather , lay on , lick , licking , maul , outclass , outdo ,
outfight , outgeneral , outmaneuver , outpoint , outrun , outsail ,
outshine , overthrow , overwhelm , paste , patter , pelt , pistol-whip ,
plunk , poke , pommel , pound , pulverize , pummel , punch , put , rap ,
rawhide , rout , ruin , scorch , score , scourge , settle , shellac ,
shellacking , skin , skin alive , slam , slash , sledgehammer , slog ,
slug , smack , smash , smear , smite , sock , spank , stamp , stomp , strap ,
stripe , stroke , swat , swing , swinge , swipe , switch , tattoo , thrash ,
thresh , thump , thwack , trample , tread , trim , triumph over , trounce ,
trouncing , truncheon , undo , vanquishment , wallop , whack , whale ,
whip , whop , worst , yerk