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noun
- 1. a beating; a thrashing: "I'll give the scoundrels a drubbing if I can!" Similar
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DRUBBING definition: 1. a beating or serious defeat, especially in a sports competition: 2. a beating or serious…. Learn more.
drubbing. ˈdrə-biŋ. noun. Did you know? Sportswriters often use drub, but the term's history reveals that it wasn't always a sporting word. When drub was first used in English, it referred to a method of punishment that involved beating the soles of a culprit's feet with a stick or cudgel.
Drubbing definition: a beating; a sound thrashing.. See examples of DRUBBING used in a sentence.
noun. The act of defeating or the condition of being defeated: beating, defeat, overthrow, rout, thrashing, vanquishment. Informal: massacre, trimming, whipping. Slang: dusting, licking. The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus.
DRUBBING meaning: 1. a beating or serious defeat, especially in a sports competition: 2. a beating or serious…. Learn more.
noun. 1. a beating; a sound thrashing. 2. a decisive, humiliating defeat, as in a game or contest.
When one team soundly beats another, that's a drubbing. You can also use this word for a more literal kind of beating, actually physically striking someone: "My brother threatened to give that bully a drubbing if he keeps teasing me."
to beat someone easily, especially in a sports competition: The Yankees drubbed the Red Sox 19-8. It would be unimaginable for Chelsea to drub Roma 7-1. Fewer examples. The world champions drubbed the Kiwis 52-0 in Sydney.
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