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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Drub \Drub\, n.
A blow with a cudgel; a thump. --Addison.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
drub
v : beat thoroughly in a competition or fight; "We licked the
other team on Sunday!" [syn: bat, clobber, thrash,
lick]
[also: drubbing, drubbed]
WordNet (r) 2.0
147 Moby Thesaurus words for "drub":
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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