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Drub

//dɹʌb// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun

1
Carbonaceous shale; small coal; slate, dross, or rubbish in coal. Northern-England, dialectal, uncountable, usually

Verb

1
To beat (someone or something) with a stick. transitive
2
beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight wordnet
3
To defeat someone soundly; to annihilate or crush. transitive
4
To forcefully teach something. transitive
5
To criticize harshly; to excoriate. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English *drob, drof, from Old English *drōb, drōf (“turbid; dreggy; dirty”), from Proto-West Germanic *drōbī, from Proto-Germanic *drōbuz (“turbid”).

Etymology 2

1625, of uncertain origin: * Perhaps from Arabic ضَرَبَ (ḍaraba, “to beat, hit”), * or perhaps originally from a dialectal word (Kent) drab, variant of drop, dryp, drib (“to beat”), from Middle English drepen (preterit drop, drap, drape (“struck, killed”)) from Old English drepan (“to strike”), from Proto-West Germanic *drepan, from Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to beat, bump, strike, slay”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreb⁽ʰ⁾- (“to strike, crush, kill”). * Linguist Guus Kroonen suggests that it reflects the Proto-Germanic verb *drubbōną, iterative to *drabaną (“to hit, hew”), as found in Norwegian drubba (“to fall over”). Akin to Old Frisian drop (“a blow, beat”), Old High German treffan (“to hit”), Old Norse drepa (“to strike, slay, kill”). Compare also dub. More at drape.

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