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Drubbing
is always a great word to know.
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verb (used with object)
1.
to beat with a stick or the like; cudgel; flog; thrash.
2.
to defeat decisively, as in a game or contest.
3.
to drive as if by flogging: Latin grammar was drubbed into their heads.
4.
to stamp (the feet).
noun
5.
a blow with a stick or the like.
Origin:
1625–35; perhaps by uncertain mediation < Arabic ḍarb blow, beating
1625–35; perhaps by uncertain mediation < Arabic ḍarb blow, beating
Related forms
drub·ber, noun
un·drubbed, adjective
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Word Origin & History
drub
1630s (in an Oriental travel narrative), probably from Arabic darb "a beating," from daraba "he beat up." Related: Drubbing.
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