drub
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drub
(drŭb)v. drubbed, drub·bing, drubs
v.tr.
1. To thrash with a stick.
2. To instill forcefully: drubbed the lesson into my head.
3.
a. To defeat soundly.
b. To berate harshly.
4. To stamp (the feet).
v.intr.
1. To beat the ground; stamp.
2. To pound; throb.
n.
A blow with a heavy instrument, such as a stick.
drub′ber n.
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drub
(drʌb)vb (tr) , drubs, drubbing or drubbed
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.
n
a blow, as from a stick
[C17: probably from Arabic dáraba to beat]
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drub
(drʌb)v. drubbed, drub•bing,
n. v.t.
1. to beat with a stick or the like; flog; thrash.
2. to defeat decisively, as in a game or contest.
3. to drive as if by flogging: Grammar was drubbed into our heads.
v.i. 4. to pound or drum.
n. 5. a blow with a stick or the like.
[1625–35]
drub′ber, n.
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drub
Past participle: drubbed
Gerund: drubbing
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| Verb | 1. |  drub - beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!" |
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drub
verb1. To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows:
assail, assault, baste, batter, beat, belabor, buffet, hammer, pound, pummel, smash, thrash, thresh.
Informal: lambaste.
Slang: clobber.
Idiom: rain blows on.
2. To render totally ineffective by decisive defeat:
3. To criticize harshly and devastatingly:
Informal: roast.
Slang: slam.
Idioms: burn someone's ears, crawl all over, pin someone's ears back, put someone on the griddle, put someone on the hot seat, rake over the coals, read the riot act to.
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