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Definitions for: Drub [v] beat thoroughly in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
Webster (1913) Definition: Drub, v. t. [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.
Drub, n.
A blow with a cudgel; a thump. --Addison.
Synonyms: bat, clobber, lick, thrash
See Also: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
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