Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To thrash with a stick.
- intransitive verb To instill forcefully.
- intransitive verb To defeat soundly.
- intransitive verb To berate harshly.
- intransitive verb To stamp (the feet).
- intransitive verb To beat the ground; stamp.
- intransitive verb To pound; throb.
- noun A blow with a heavy instrument, such as a stick.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To beat with a stick; cudgel; belabor; thrash; beat in general.
- noun A blow with a stick or cudgel; a thump; a knock.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A blow with a cudgel; a thump.
- transitive verb To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb to
beat (someone or something) with astick - verb to forcefully
teach something - verb to
defeat someone soundly; toannihilate orcrush - verb to
criticize harshly; toexcoriate
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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More than a quarter of patients had grown up in homes with alcoholism or drub abuse, and a similar percentage had suffered beatings.
John Thompson: The Stress of Talking About Race Is Nothing in Comparison to the Stress Imposed on Poor Kids John Thompson 2011
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If the Sooners or Cowboys drub K-State like they have in recent years, that's what I'm blaming it on.
BCS Complaint Line Forms Here Darren Everson 2011
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Charlie is going to drub you and crazy Rubio in November. isaiah's grandma
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More than a quarter of patients had grown up in homes with alcoholism or drub abuse, and a similar percentage had suffered beatings.
John Thompson: The Stress of Talking About Race Is Nothing in Comparison to the Stress Imposed on Poor Kids John Thompson 2011
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It may even date to Kay-drub's tenure as the second Holder of the Throne of Ga-den during the first half of the fifteenth century.
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It appears that Kay-drub urged his followers to stick to Dzong-ka-ba's views and scolded those who did not.
The Shuk-den Affair: Origins of a Controversy (Part II) 2010
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It may even date to Kay-drub's tenure as the second Holder of the Throne of
The Shuk-den Affair: Origins of a Controversy (Part II) 2010
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He did not introduce these practices himself, for he received them from teachers such as Ta bu Pe-ma Baz-ra and Dak-po Kel-zang Kay-drub (dwag po bskal bzang mkhas grub).
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[34] Ta bu Pe-ma Baz-ra and Dak-po Kel-zang Kay-drub are often mentioned as sources of the Shuk-den teachings.
Appendix 2010
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Kel-zang Kay-drub (dwag po bskal bzang mkhas grub).
brtom commented on the word drub
For I prophecy that the Reformation will make way in France when Moab is made meek by being well drubbed by the English. (from Jubilate Agno by Christopher Smart)
December 31, 2007
yarb commented on the word drub
Then the rain they had hoped for came, with scattered drops as big as acorns slapping down, followed by a drubbing deluge.
- William Steig, Farmer Palmer's Wagon Ride
September 21, 2008