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View usage for: (drʌbɪŋ) Word forms: plural drubbingscountable noun [usually singular]If someone gets a drubbing, they are defeated easily. [informal]Synonyms: beating, defeat, hammering [informal], pounding More Synonyms of drubbing drubbing in British English (ˈdrʌbɪŋ) noun1. a beating, as with a stick, cudgel, etc 2. a comprehensive or heavy defeat, esp in a sporting competition drubbing in American English (ˈdrʌbɪŋ) noun a thorough beating or defeat Examples of 'drubbing' in a sentencedrubbing They often get a drubbing from the critics.How about the regular drubbing the band gets in the press?It has taken a drubbing for all the little things that don't quite work.Won't we give them a drubbing.Labour was left marooned yesterday after it suffered a drubbing in Scotland but avoided catastrophic defeat in polls elsewhere.But perhaps long hours in traffic are increasingly likely, given the drubbing that congestion charging took in recent elections.They have won three league matches in a row since their 5-2 home drubbing by Morecambe.Their campaign plunged to new lows after the loss in Athens and the home drubbing by Liverpool.They will be hoping to produce the form that saw Spurs get a 4-0 drubbing on their own patch and this should be a cracking match. Definition an utter defeat, as in a contest following their 5-0 drubbing by Holland Synonyms hammering (informal) pounding pasting (slang) trouncing clobbering (slang) walloping (informal) pummelling Additional synonymsDefinition the act of defeating or state of being defeated The vote was seen as something of a defeat for the lobbyists. Synonyms conquest, beating, overthrow, pasting (slang), rout, debacle, trouncing, repulse, vanquishment He campaigned to put an end to flogging and hanging. Synonyms beating, hiding (informal), whipping, lashing, thrashing, caning, scourging, trouncing, flagellation, horsewhipping If Dad came home and found us, we could expect a licking. Synonyms thrashing, beating, hiding (informal), whipping, tanning (slang), flogging, spanking, drubbing- drowsiness
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