Meaning of DRUB
| Pronunciation: | | drub
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| | Definition: | | [v] beat thoroughly in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!" |
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| | Synonyms: | | bat, clobber, lick, thrash |
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| | See Also: | | beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\Drub\, n.
A blow with a cudgel; a thump. --Addison.
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