Drubbing
/ˈdɹʌbɪŋ/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A severe beating.
"His mother gave him a drubbing after finding out he'd been stealing."
- 2 the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows wordnet
- 3 A thorough defeat.
"The debate team got a drubbing from the competition."
- 4 a sound defeat wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of drub form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"After its drubbing at the polls, the party has to reinvent itself."
Etymology
From drub + -ing.