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.
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Origin of drub
1625–35; perhaps by uncertain mediation <Arabic ḍarb blow, beating
OTHER WORDS FROM drub
drubber, nounun·drubbed, adjectiveWords nearby drub
drowsiness, drowsy, DrPH, Dr. Strangelove, dr. t., drub, drubbing, Drucilla, drudge, drudgery, drudgework
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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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