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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drub \Drub\, 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. Soundly Drubbed with a good honest cudgel. --L'Estrange. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: drubbing n 1: a sound defeat [syn: {thrashing}, {walloping}, {debacle}, {slaughter}, {trouncing}, {whipping}] 2: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows [syn: {beating}, {thrashing}, {trouncing}, {whacking}]
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