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Definitions for drub
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Princeton's WordNet
cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lickverb
beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
"We licked the other team on Sunday!"
Wiktionary
drubverb
to beat (someone or something) with a stick
drubverb
to forcefully teach something
drubverb
to defeat someone soundly; to annihilate or crush
drubverb
to criticize harshly; to excoriate
Etymology: 1625, originally a dialectal word (Kent), variant of, from drepen (preterit) from drepan, from drepanan, from dhrebh-. Akin to drop, treffan, drepa. Compare also dub. More at drape.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Drubnoun
A thump; a knock; a blow.
Etymology: from the verb.
The blows and drubs I have receiv’d,
Have bruis’d my body, and bereav’d
My limbs of strength. Hudibras, p. i. cant. 3.By setting such an unfortunate mark on their followers, they have exposed them to innumerable drubs and contusions. Joseph Addison, Freeholder, №. 50.
To DRUBverb
To thresh; to beat; to bang; to thump; to thwack; to cudgel. A word of contempt.
Etymology: druber, to kill, Danish.
He that is valiant, and dares fight,
Though drubb’d, can lose no honour by’t. Hudibras, p. i.The little thief had been soundly drubbed with a good honest cudgel. Roger L'Estrange.
Though the bread be not mine, yet, if it had been less than weight, I should have been drubbed. John Locke.
Wikipedia
drub
Drub is a hamlet in the Kirklees district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It is located between Cleckheaton, Birkenshaw, and Gomersal and is considered part of the latter.
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drub
Drub is a verb which generally means to defeat thoroughly in a competition or fight. It can also mean to hit or beat (someone) repeatedly.
Webster Dictionary
Drubverb
to beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel
Drubnoun
a blow with a cudgel; a thump
Etymology: [Cf. Prov. E. drab to beat, Icel. & Sw. drabba to hit, beat, Dan. drbe to slay, and perh. OE. drepen to strike, kill, AS. drepan to strike, G. & D. freffen to hit, touch, Icel. drepa to strike, kill.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Drub
drub, v.t. to beat or thrash:—pr.p. drub′bing; pa.p. drubbed.—n. Drub′bing, a cudgelling. [Murray suggests Ar. daraba, to beat, bastinado, darb, a beating.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
drub
To beat. (Captain's despatch.) "We have drubbed the enemy."
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of drub in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of drub in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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