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drubbing

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈdɹʌbɪŋ/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English drub English -ing English drubbing From drub + -ing.

  1. A severe beating.

    His mother gave him a drubbing after finding out he'd been stealing.

    Yet upon its release in Germany the first world war drama has been at the receiving end of a critical drubbing, with critics complaining that it turns a beloved literary classic into a spectacle “horny for an Oscar”, and military historians bemoaning its “black-and-white” historical inaccuracies.

  2. A thorough defeat.

    The debate team got a drubbing from the competition.

    Leighton Baines's deflected free-kick added yet more late gloss to the drubbing, the Everton player celebrating his first competitive start with England's first goal direct from a free-kick since David Beckham scored against Ecuador at the 2006 World Cup.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree English drub English -ing English drubbing From drub + -ing.

  1. present participle and gerund of drub