noun
Meaning 1
A severe beating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- His mother gave him a drubbing after finding out he'd been stealing.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
drubbing
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈdɹʌbɪŋ/
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rhymes with -ʌbɪŋ
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noun
Meaning 2
A thorough defeat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The debate team got a drubbing from the competition.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of drub
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: beating, thrashing, licking, lacing, trouncing, whacking
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: corporal punishment
Narrower terms: whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation
noun
Meaning 5
a sound defeat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: thrashing, walloping, debacle, slaughter, trouncing, whipping
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: defeat, licking
History
Etymology
From drub + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: omgang klø — severe beating
- Danish: omgang tæsk — severe beating
- Danish: lag tæsk — severe beating
- French: raclée — severe beating
- French: branlée — severe beating
- Irish: greasáil — severe beating
- Norwegian Bokmål: pryl — severe beating
- Norwegian Bokmål: omgang juling — severe beating
- Norwegian Bokmål: stryk — severe beating
- Norwegian Bokmål: grisebank — severe beating
- Walloon: trimpe — severe beating
- Walloon: plouzêye — severe beating
- Danish: stryg — thorough defeat
- French: raclée — thorough defeat
- Irish: greasáil — thorough defeat
- Norwegian Bokmål: stryk — thorough defeat
- Walloon: petêye — thorough defeat
- Walloon: pilure — thorough defeat