Definitions for drub
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lickverb

   beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight

   "We licked the other team on Sunday!"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. drubverb

   to beat (someone or something) with a stick

2. drubverb

   to forcefully teach something

3. drubverb

   to defeat someone soundly; to annihilate or crush

4. drubverb

   to criticize harshly; to excoriate

5. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

2. 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.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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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1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Drubverb

   to beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel

2. Drubnoun

   a blow with a cudgel; a thump

3. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. drub

   To beat. (Captain's despatch.) "We have drubbed the enemy."

Anagrams for drub »

1. BrdU

2. burd

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of drub in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of drub in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=drub
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Drub
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=drub
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drub
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drub
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=drub
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=drub