drub
drub
(drŭb)v. drubbed, drub·bing, drubs
v.tr.
1. To thrash with a stick.
2. To instill forcefully: drubbed the lesson into my head.
3.
a. To defeat soundly.
b. To berate harshly.
4. To stamp (the feet).
v.intr.
1. To beat the ground; stamp.
2. To pound; throb.
n.
A blow with a heavy instrument, such as a stick.
[Perhaps Arabic dialectal ḍrab, from ḍaraba, to hit; see ṣ́rb in Semitic roots.]
drub′ber n.
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drub
(drʌb)vb (tr) , drubs, drubbing or drubbed
1. to beat as with a stick; cudgel; club
2. to defeat utterly, as in a contest
3. to drum or stamp (the feet)
4. to instil with force or repetition: the master drubbed Latin into the boys.
[C17: probably from Arabic dáraba to beat]
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drub
(drʌb) v. drubbed, drub•bing,
n. v.t.
1. to beat with a stick or the like; flog; thrash.
2. to defeat decisively, as in a game or contest.
3. to drive as if by flogging: Grammar was drubbed into our heads.
v.i.4. to pound or drum.
n.5. a blow with a stick or the like.
[1625–35]
drub′ber, n.
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drub
Past participle: drubbed
Gerund: drubbing
| Imperative |
|---|
| drub |
| drub |
| Present |
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| I drub |
| you drub |
| he/she/it drubs |
| we drub |
| you drub |
| they drub |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I drubbed |
| you drubbed |
| he/she/it drubbed |
| we drubbed |
| you drubbed |
| they drubbed |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am drubbing |
| you are drubbing |
| he/she/it is drubbing |
| we are drubbing |
| you are drubbing |
| they are drubbing |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have drubbed |
| you have drubbed |
| he/she/it has drubbed |
| we have drubbed |
| you have drubbed |
| they have drubbed |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was drubbing |
| you were drubbing |
| he/she/it was drubbing |
| we were drubbing |
| you were drubbing |
| they were drubbing |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had drubbed |
| you had drubbed |
| he/she/it had drubbed |
| we had drubbed |
| you had drubbed |
| they had drubbed |
| Future |
|---|
| I will drub |
| you will drub |
| he/she/it will drub |
| we will drub |
| you will drub |
| they will drub |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have drubbed |
| you will have drubbed |
| he/she/it will have drubbed |
| we will have drubbed |
| you will have drubbed |
| they will have drubbed |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be drubbing |
| you will be drubbing |
| he/she/it will be drubbing |
| we will be drubbing |
| you will be drubbing |
| they will be drubbing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been drubbing |
| you have been drubbing |
| he/she/it has been drubbing |
| we have been drubbing |
| you have been drubbing |
| they have been drubbing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been drubbing |
| you will have been drubbing |
| he/she/it will have been drubbing |
| we will have been drubbing |
| you will have been drubbing |
| they will have been drubbing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been drubbing |
| you had been drubbing |
| he/she/it had been drubbing |
| we had been drubbing |
| you had been drubbing |
| they had been drubbing |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would drub |
| you would drub |
| he/she/it would drub |
| we would drub |
| you would drub |
| they would drub |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have drubbed |
| you would have drubbed |
| he/she/it would have drubbed |
| we would have drubbed |
| you would have drubbed |
| they would have drubbed |
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Verb | 1. |  drub - beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" |
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drub
verb1. To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows:
assail, assault, baste, batter, beat, belabor, buffet, hammer, pound, pummel, smash, thrash, thresh.
Idiom: rain blows on.
2. To render totally ineffective by decisive defeat:
3. To criticize harshly and devastatingly:
Idioms: burn someone's ears, crawl all over, pin someone's ears back, put someone on the griddle, put someone on the hot seat, rake over the coals, read the riot act to.
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