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drubbing

[ druhb-ing ]

noun

  1. a beating; a sound thrashing.
  2. a decisive, humiliating defeat, as in a game or contest.


drubbing

/ ˈdrʌbɪŋ /

noun

  1. a beating, as with a stick, cudgel, etc
  2. a comprehensive or heavy defeat, esp in a sporting competition


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Word History and Origins

Origin of drubbing1

First recorded in 1640–50; drub + -ing 1

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Example Sentences

Her Food Network-colleague Guy Fieri opened a new restaurant and Times Square and received a drubbing in The New York Times.

She took a drubbing, fielding accusations of self-aggrandizement from the financial press and fans alike.

The Republican senator took a drubbing in his own state from Democratic strategist Pat Caddell.

After the drubbing I gave James Turrell's Guggenheim mess, it's a pleasure to have found a Light And Space work I can get behind.

Last week, after rounds of critical drubbing, Lazaro landed in the top three.

I want Thatcher to have his way in that convention, naming the ticket as far as he pleases, and appearing to give me a drubbing.

He would have handed me a merciless drubbing if he had caught me, with my nether end hanging helplessly on the outside.

Go to him there, and you'll find him perched on a stool, and a good drubbing won't hurt him.

He gave young McKenzie a severe drubbing and the latter had to go home with his clothes torn and his nose bleeding.

I want to see you give that big brute the drubbing he merits, so he will keep still for a while.

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