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transitive verb drubbed, drubbing

  1. to beat as with a stick or club; cudgel; thrash
  2. to defeat soundly in a fight, contest, etc.

Origin: ? via Turk durb < Ar darb, a beating < daraba, to cudgel, bastinado

intransitive verb

to drum or tap

noun

a blow as with a club; thump

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verb drubbed drubbed, drub·bing, drubs
verb, transitive
  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).
verb, intransitive
  1. To beat the ground; stamp.
  2. To pound; throb.
noun
A blow with a heavy instrument, such as a stick.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps Arabic dialectal ḍrab

Origin: , from ḍaraba, to hit; see ṣ́rb in Semitic roots

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Related Forms:

  • drubˈber noun

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