drub

American  

[druhb] / drʌb /

verb (used with object)

drubbed, drubbing

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).

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noun

1. a blow with a stick or the like.

drub British  

/ drʌb /

verb

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

   the master drubbed Latin into the boys

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noun

1. a blow, as from a stick

Other Word Forms

• drubber noun
• undrubbed adjective

Etymology

Origin of drub

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

Example Sentences

With all that’s been going on — the Epstein vote, the economic numbers, his polling, Democrats’ drubbing of the GOP in the recent elections — it’s hard to imagine he’s feeling too good these days.

From Salon

The Seattle Seahawks, who are 7-2 after drubbing the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, are currently the No. 1 seed in the NFC after beginning the campaign as a rank outsider in their own division.

From The Wall Street Journal

Charlotte Edwards has been England's head coach for six months, and she inherited a team drained of confidence after the 16-0 Ashes drubbing.

From BBC

The latest spiral started Sept. 7, when the Peronists drubbed Milei’s Freedom Advances party in local elections in Buenos Aires province.

From Barron's

He won the Democratic Party’s nomination in a Senate run two years later, only to come in for a drubbing against Republican Sen. Rand Paul.

From Salon

Related Words

• clobber
• spank
• trounce
• wallop