drub

[ druhb ]

/ drʌb /

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verb (used with object), drubbed, drub·bing.

to beat with a stick or the like; cudgel; flog; thrash.

to defeat decisively, as in a game or contest.

to drive as if by flogging: Latin grammar was drubbed into their heads.

to stamp (the feet).

noun

a blow with a stick or the like.

Origin of drub

1625–35; perhaps by uncertain mediation <Arabic ḍarb blow, beating

OTHER WORDS FROM drub

drubber, nounun·drubbed, adjective

Words nearby drub

drowsiness, drowsy, DrPH, Dr. Strangelove, dr. t., drub, drubbing, Drucilla, drudge, drudgery, drudgework

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Example sentences from the Web for drub

Did ever any Tradesmen succeed, who attempted to drub Customers into his Shop?
Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2)|Wiliam Cabell Bruce
On the other hand, we extend the meaning of drub, the Arabic word for bastinado, to a beating of any kind.
The Romance of Words (4th ed.)|Ernest Weekley
A hundred years ago it was the critic's pleasure to drub authors with cruel and unnecessary vigour.
Plum Pudding|Christopher Morley
And as for the men, what could they think, when the preacher could drub any six of them?
The Maid of Sker|Richard Doddridge Blackmore

Laura began to drub on the drawing-room window and nod and laugh from it.
The History of Pendennis|William Makepeace Thackeray

British Dictionary definitions for drub

drub

/ (drʌb) /

verb drubs, drubbing or drubbed (tr)

to beat as with a stick; cudgel; club

to defeat utterly, as in a contest

to drum or stamp (the feet)

to instil with force or repetitionthe master drubbed Latin into the boys

noun

a blow, as from a stick

Word Origin for drub

C17: probably from Arabic dáraba to beat

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单词	drub
释义	drub [ druhb ] / drʌb / SEE SYNONYMS FOR drub ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used with object), drubbed, drub·bing. to beat with a stick or the like; cudgel; flog; thrash. to defeat decisively, as in a game or contest. to drive as if by flogging: Latin grammar was drubbed into their heads. to stamp (the feet). noun a blow with a stick or the like. Origin of drub 1625–35; perhaps by uncertain mediation <Arabic ḍarb blow, beating OTHER WORDS FROM drub drubber, nounun·drubbed, adjective Words nearby drub drowsiness, drowsy, DrPH, Dr. Strangelove, dr. t., drub, drubbing, Drucilla, drudge, drudgery, drudgework Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for drub Did ever any Tradesmen succeed, who attempted to drub Customers into his Shop? Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2)\|Wiliam Cabell Bruce On the other hand, we extend the meaning of drub, the Arabic word for bastinado, to a beating of any kind. The Romance of Words (4th ed.)\|Ernest Weekley A hundred years ago it was the critic's pleasure to drub authors with cruel and unnecessary vigour. Plum Pudding\|Christopher Morley And as for the men, what could they think, when the preacher could drub any six of them? The Maid of Sker\|Richard Doddridge Blackmore Laura began to drub on the drawing-room window and nod and laugh from it. The History of Pendennis\|William Makepeace Thackeray British Dictionary definitions for drub drub / (drʌb) / verb drubs, drubbing or drubbed (tr) to beat as with a stick; cudgel; club to defeat utterly, as in a contest to drum or stamp (the feet) to instil with force or repetitionthe master drubbed Latin into the boys noun a blow, as from a stick Word Origin for drub C17: probably from Arabic dáraba to beat Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to drub trounce, spank, clobber, wallop, cane, hit, beat, lash, pound, defeat, strike, tan, flog, whip
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drub

verb (used with object), drubbed, drub·bing.

noun

Origin of drub

OTHER WORDS FROM drub

Words nearby drub

Example sentences from the Web for drub

British Dictionary definitions for drub

verb drubs, drubbing or drubbed (tr)

noun

Word Origin for drub

Words related to drub