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Webster 1913 Edition

Drub

Drub

(drŭb)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Drubbed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Drubbing
.]
[Cf. Prov. E.
drab
to beat, Icel. & Sw.
drabba
to hit, beat, Dan.
dræbe
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.

Drub

,
Noun.
A blow with a cudgel; a thump.
Addison.

Webster 1828 Edition

Drub

DRUB

,
Verb.
T.
[G., L. Drubbing is a particular form of driving.] To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel.
The little thief had been soundly drubbed with a cudgel.

DRUB

,
Noun.
A blow with a stick or cudgel; a thump; a knock.

Definition 2024

drub

drub

English

Verb

drub ‎(third-person singular simple present drubs, present participle drubbing, simple past and past participle drubbed)

  1. to beat (someone or something) with a stick
  2. to defeat someone soundly; to annihilate or crush
  3. to forcefully teach something
  4. to criticize harshly; to excoriate

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Etymology

1625, originally a dialectal word (Kent) drab, variant of drop, dryp, drib ‎(“to beat”), from Middle English drepen (preterit drop, drap, drape ‎(“to strike, kill”)) from Old English drepan ‎(“to strike”), from Proto-Germanic *drepaną ‎(“to beat, bump, strike, slay”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhrebh- ‎(“to strike, crush, kill”). Akin to Old Frisian drop ‎(“a blow, beat”), Old High German treffan ‎(“to hit”), Old Norse drepa ‎(“to strike, slay, kill”). Compare also dub. More at drape.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ʌb

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