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1drub´ber — drub «druhb», verb, drubbed, drub|bing, noun. –v.t. 1. to beat with a stick; whip soundly; thrash; cudgel. SYNONYM(S): flog. 2. to defeat by a large margin in a fight, game, contest, etc.: »The Clevelan …
2Drub — Drub, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drubbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drubbing}.] [Cf. Prov. E. drab to beat, Icel. & Sw. drabba to hit, beat, Dan. dr[ae]be to slay, and perh. OE. drepen to strike, kill, AS. drepan to strike, G. & D. freffen to hit, touch, Icel …
3Drub — Drub, n. A blow with a cudgel; a thump. Addison. [1913 Webster] …
4drub — [drub] vt. drubbed, drubbing [? via Turk durb < Ar darb, a beating < daraba, to cudgel, bastinado] 1. to beat as with a stick or club; cudgel; thrash 2. to defeat soundly in a fight, contest, etc. vi. to drum or tap n. a blow as with a… …
5Drub, West Yorkshire — Drub is a hamlet in the Kirklees District, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It is near the town of Dewsbury. Contents 1 References References A Z West Yorkshire (page 101) Coordinates …
6drub — index defeat, lash (strike), overcome (surmount) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
7drub — 1630s (in an Oriental travel narrative), probably from Arabic darb a beating, from daraba he beat up (see discussion in OED). Related: Drubbed; Drubbing …
8drub — [v] thrash beat, cane, clobber, defeat, flog, hit, lash, pound, spank, strike, tan, trounce, wallop, whip; concept 95 …
9drub — ► VERB (drubbed, drubbing) 1) hit or beat repeatedly. 2) informal defeat thoroughly. DERIVATIVES drubbing noun. ORIGIN originally with reference to the punishment of bastinado: probably from Arabic …
10drub|bing — «DRUHB ihng», noun. 1. a beating; thrashing. 2. a thorough defeat …
