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Definitions for Drub

[1] to beat with a stick or the like; cudgel; flog; thrash.
[2] to defeat decisively, as in a game or contest.
[3] to drive as if by flogging: Latin grammar was drubbed into their heads.
[4] to stamp (the feet).
[5] a blow with a stick or the like.
[6] to beat as with a stick; cudgel; club
[7] to defeat utterly, as in a contest
[8] to drum or stamp (the feet)
[9] to instil with force or repetition the master drubbed Latin into the boys
[10] a blow, as from a stick

Words related to Drub

trounce, spank, clobber, wallop, cane, hit, beat, lash, pound, defeat, strike, tan, flog, whip

Words nearby Drub

drownproofing, drowse, drowsihead, drowsiness, drowsy, drub, drubbing, drucilla, drudge, drudgery, drudgework

Origin of Drub

1625–35; perhaps by uncertain mediation < Arabic ḍarb blow, beating

Other words from Drub

drub·ber , noun
un·drubbed , adjective

Word origin for Drub

C17: probably from Arabic dáraba to beat

Synonyms for Drub

clobber, spank, trounce, wallop, beat, cane, defeat, flog, hit, lash, pound, strike, tan, whip