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11drub — [17] Drub appears to have been introduced to the English language by Sir Thomas Herbert (1606–82), a traveller in the Orient, who used the word several times in his Relation of some yeares travaile into Afrique and the greater Asia 1634: ‘[The… …
12drub — [[t]drʌb[/t]] v. drubbed, drub•bing, n. 1) to beat with a stick or the like; flog; thrash 2) spo to defeat decisively, as in a game or contest 3) to drive as if by flogging: Grammar was drubbed into our heads[/ex] 4) to pound or drum 5) a blow… …
13drub — [17] Drub appears to have been introduced to the English language by Sir Thomas Herbert (1606–82), a traveller in the Orient, who used the word several times in his Relation of some yeares travaile into Afrique and the greater Asia 1634: ‘[The… …
14drub — drubber, n. /drub/, v., drubbed, drubbing, n. v.t. 1. to beat with a stick or the like; cudgel; flog; thrash. 2. to defeat decisively, as in a game or contest. 3. to drive as if by flogging: Latin grammar was drubbed into their heads. 4. to stamp …
15drub — /drʌb / (say drub) verb (t) (drubbed, drubbing) 1. to beat with a stick or the like; cudgel; flog; thrash. 2. to defeat decisively. 3. to stamp (the feet). –noun 4. a blow with a stick or the like. {Arabic daraba to beat (with reference to… …
16drub — verb (drubbed; drubbing) Etymology: perhaps from Arabic ḍaraba Date: 1634 transitive verb 1. to beat severely 2. to berate critically 3. to defeat decisively intra …
17drub — verb a) to beat (someone or something) with a stick b) to forcefully teach something See Also: drubbing …
18Drub — see Drubskin …
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19drub — Synonyms and related words: bang, bash, baste, bastinado, bat, batter, beat, beat all hollow, beat hollow, beating, belabor, belt, best, biff, birch, blister, blow, bonk, buffet, cane, castigate, chop, clip, clobber, clop, clout, club, clump,… …
20drub — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. cudgel, thrash, trounce; see beat 2 , defeat 3 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. thrash, hit, beat, whip, wallop, pound, club, cane, lash, switch. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To hit heavily and repeatedly with… …
