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Drubbing

//ˈdɹʌbɪŋ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A severe beating.

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

  2. 2
    the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows wordnet
  3. 3
    A thorough defeat.

    "The debate team got a drubbing from the competition."

  4. 4
    a sound defeat wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of drub form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From drub + -ing.

Etymology 2

From drub + -ing.

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