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drubbing

(drʌbɪŋ)
Word forms: plural drubbings
countable 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)
noun
1. 
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 sentence
drubbing

They often get a drubbing from the critics.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
How about the regular drubbing the band gets in the press?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It has taken a drubbing for all the little things that don't quite work.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Won't we give them a drubbing.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Labour was left marooned yesterday after it suffered a drubbing in Scotland but avoided catastrophic defeat in polls elsewhere.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But perhaps long hours in traffic are increasingly likely, given the drubbing that congestion charging took in recent elections.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
They have won three league matches in a row since their 5-2 home drubbing by Morecambe.
The Sun (2015)
Their campaign plunged to new lows after the loss in Athens and the home drubbing by Liverpool.
The Sun (2014)
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.
The Sun (2007)
(noun) 
Definition
an utter defeat, as in a contest
following their 5-0 drubbing by Holland
Synonyms
beating
the savage beating of a prisoner
defeat
The vote was seen as something of a defeat for the lobbyists.
hammering (informal)
pounding
whipping
Whenever we misbehaved, we were given a whipping.
thrashing
She dropped only eight points in her thrashing of the former champion.
licking (informal)
If Dad came home and found us, we could expect a licking.
pasting (slang)
flogging
He campaigned to put an end to flogging and hanging.
trouncing
clobbering (slang)
walloping (informal)
pummelling

Additional synonyms

in the sense of defeat
Definition
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
in the sense of flogging
He campaigned to put an end to flogging and hanging.
Synonyms
beating,
hiding (informal),
whipping,
lashing,
thrashing,
caning,
scourging,
trouncing,
flagellation,
horsewhipping
in the sense of licking
If Dad came home and found us, we could expect a licking.
Synonyms
thrashing,
beating,
hiding (informal),
whipping,
tanning (slang),
flogging,
spanking,
drubbing

Nearby words of
drubbing

  • drowsiness
  • drowsy
  • drub
  • drubbing
  • drudge
  • drudgery
  • drug

Related terms of
drubbing

  • drub

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