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Definitions for Drubbing

[1] a beating; a sound thrashing.
[2] a decisive, humiliating defeat, as in a game or contest.
[3] to beat with a stick or the like; cudgel; flog; thrash.
[4] to defeat decisively, as in a game or contest.
[5] to drive as if by flogging: Latin grammar was drubbed into their heads.
[6] to stamp (the feet).
[7] a blow with a stick or the like.
[8] a beating, as with a stick, cudgel, etc
[9] a comprehensive or heavy defeat, esp in a sporting competition
[10] to beat as with a stick; cudgel; club
[11] to defeat utterly, as in a contest
[12] to drum or stamp (the feet)
[13] to instil with force or repetition the master drubbed Latin into the boys
[14] a blow, as from a stick

Words related to Drubbing

beating, rout, thrashing, whipping, trouncing, dusting, licking, slaughter, walloping

Words nearby Drubbing

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

Origin of Drubbing

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

Other words from Drubbing

drub·ber , noun
un·drubbed , adjective

Word origin for Drubbing

C17: probably from Arabic dáraba to beat

Synonyms for Drubbing

beating, rout, thrashing, trouncing, whipping, dusting, licking, slaughter, walloping