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drub
[druhb]
verb (used with object)
to beat with a stick or the like; cudgel; flog; thrash.
to defeat decisively, as in a game or contest.
to drive as if by flogging.
Latin grammar was drubbed into their heads.
to stamp (the feet).
noun
a blow with a stick or the like.
drub
/ drʌb /
verb
to beat as with a stick; cudgel; club
to defeat utterly, as in a contest
to drum or stamp (the feet)
to instil with force or repetition
the master drubbed Latin into the boys
noun
a blow, as from a stick
Other Word Forms
- drubber noun
- undrubbed adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of drub1
Word History and Origins
Origin of drub1
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.
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.
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.
The latest spiral started Sept. 7, when the Peronists drubbed Milei’s Freedom Advances party in local elections in Buenos Aires province.
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.
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