'Drub' definitions:
Definition of 'drub'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Drub'
From: GCIDE
- Drub \Drub\, n. A blow with a cudgel; a thump. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Drub'
From: GCIDE
- Drub \Drub\ (dr[u^]b), 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. [1913 Webster]
- Soundly Drubbed with a good honest cudgel. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'drub'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bang,
- bash,
- baste,
- bastinado,
- bat,
- batter,
- beat,
- beat all hollow,
- beat hollow,
- beating,
- belabor,
- belt,
- best,
- biff,
- birch,
- blister,
- blow,
- bonk,
- buffet,
- cane,
- castigate,
- chop,
- clip,
- clobber,
- clop,
- clout,
- club,
- clump,
- cowhide,
- crack,
- cudgel,
- cut,
- dash,
- debacle,
- defeasance,
- defeat,
- destroy,
- dig,
- dint,
- do in,
- drubbing,
- drumming,
- excoriate,
- fix,
- flagellate,
- flail,
- flap,
- flay,
- flog,
- fusillade,
- fustigate,
- give a whipping,
- give the stick,
- hammer,
- hide,
- hit,
- hors de combat,
- horsewhip,
- jab,
- knock,
- knout,
- lace,
- lambaste,
- larrup,
- lash,
- lather,
- lay on,
- lick,
- licking,
- maul,
- outclass,
- outdo,
- outfight,
- outgeneral,
- outmaneuver,
- outpoint,
- outrun,
- outsail,
- outshine,
- overthrow,
- overwhelm,
- paste,
- patter,
- pelt,
- pistol-whip,
- plunk,
- poke,
- pommel,
- pound,
- pulverize,
- pummel,
- punch,
- put,
- rap,
- rawhide,
- rout,
- ruin,
- scorch,
- score,
- scourge,
- settle,
- shellac,
- shellacking,
- skin,
- skin alive,
- slam,
- slash,
- sledgehammer,
- slog,
- slug,
- smack,
- smash,
- smear,
- smite,
- sock,
- spank,
- stamp,
- stomp,
- strap,
- stripe,
- stroke,
- swat,
- swing,
- swinge,
- swipe,
- switch,
- tattoo,
- thrash,
- thresh,
- thump,
- thwack,
- trample,
- tread,
- trim,
- triumph over,
- trounce,
- trouncing,
- truncheon,
- undo,
- vanquishment,
- wallop,
- whack,
- whale,
- whip,
- whop,
- worst,
- yerk