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Webster 1828 Edition


Drubbing

DRUBBING

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ppr.
Beating with a cudgel; beating soundly.

DRUBBING

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Noun.
A cudgeling; a sound beating.

Definition 2024


drubbing

drubbing

English

Verb

drubbing

  1. present participle of drub

Noun

drubbing (plural drubbings)

  1. A severe beating; a bace.
    His mother gave him a drubbing after finding out he'd been stealing.
  2. A thorough defeat.
    The debate team got a drubbing from the competition.
    • 2012 September 7, Dominic Fifield, “England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova”, in The Guardian:
      Leighton Baines's deflected free-kick added yet more late gloss to the drubbing, the Everton player celebrating his first competitive start with England's first goal direct from a free-kick since David Beckham scored against Ecuador at the 2006 World Cup.

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