From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Drub \Drub\, verb (used with an object) [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. drepa to strike, kill.] To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel.
Soundly Drubbed with a good honest cudgel. --L'Estrange.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verb
1: beat thoroughly in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!" [syn: {bat}, {clobber}, {thrash}, {lick}] [also: {drubbing}, {drubbed}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a sound defeat [syn: {thrashing}, {walloping}, {debacle}, {slaughter}, {trouncing}, {whipping}]
2: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows [syn: {beating}, {thrashing}, {licking}, {lacing}, {trouncing}, {whacking}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
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