drubbing

UK: /ˈdrʌbɪŋ/ US: (drub′ing)

From the verb drub: (⇒ conjugate)

drubbing is: ⓘ

v pres p

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drub•bing  (drub′ing), n. 

1. a beating;
   a sound thrashing.
2. Sport a decisive, humiliating defeat, as in a game or contest.

• drub + -ing¹ 1640–50

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drubbing / ˈdrʌbɪŋ/ noun

1. a beating, as with a stick, cudgel, etc
2. a comprehensive or heavy defeat, esp in a sporting competition

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drub /drʌb/   v. [~ + object] , drubbed, drub•bing. 

1. Sport to defeat completely, such as in a game:
   We drubbed our opponents, 50-0.

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drub  (drub), v., drubbed, drub•bing, n. 
v.t. 

1. to beat with a stick or the like;
   cudgel;
   flog;
   thrash.
2. Sport 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).

n. 

5. a blow with a stick or the like.

• Arabic ḍarb blow, beating
• perh. by uncertain mediation 1625–35

drub′ber, n. 

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drub / drʌb/ verb (drubs, drubbing, drubbed)(transitive)

1. to beat as with a stick; cudgel; club
2. to defeat utterly, as in a contest
3. to drum or stamp (the feet)
4. to instil with force or repetition

noun

1. a blow, as from a stick

Etymology: 17th Century: probably from Arabic dáraba to beat