Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- transitive v. To thrash with a stick.
- transitive v. To instill forcefully: drubbed the lesson into my head.
- transitive v. To defeat soundly.
- transitive v. To berate harshly.
- transitive v. To stamp (the feet).
- intransitive v. To beat the ground; stamp.
- intransitive v. To pound; throb.
- n. A blow with a heavy instrument, such as a stick.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- v. to beat (someone or something) with a stick
- v. to forcefully teach something
- v. to defeat someone soundly; to annihilate or crush
- v. to criticize harshly; to excoriate
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. A blow with a cudgel; a thump.
- transitive v. To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To beat with a stick; cudgel; belabor; thrash; beat in general.
- n. A blow with a stick or cudgel; a thump; a knock.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- v. 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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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.
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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.
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It may even date to Kay-drub's tenure as the second Holder of the Throne of
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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.
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Kel-zang Kay-drub (dwag po bskal bzang mkhas grub).
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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.
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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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He took the gold and his draft translation and went to Phan Yul drub.
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
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