drubbing
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8.6
- noun
- /ˈdrʌbɪŋ/
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golpiza
- Morgan would give him a sound drubbing, then beat him into the muck until he begged for mercy.
- took a drubbing
Examples
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People remember the drubbing John gave me last year for my "buzzer" comment.
Blog text (15) -
"The next chap who says anything against Sparrow gets a drubbing from me," James said hotly.
Fiction book (2000) -
Give her a good old drubbing, Crusoe.
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The second manifestation of that myth, which has taken a drubbing in the last few days because of the presidential election,
Blog text (34) -
The reason, I submit, for the spectacular nature of Djokovic's parting of the ways with his racket lay in the fact that, whilst getting a bit of a drubbing from Murray, he continually maintained a calm and unworried-looking facade.
Blog text (10) -
It's possible that the 2012 nominee could be headed for the kind of political ignominy occupied by another former governor and presidential candidate from Massachusetts, Democrat Michael Dukakis, who enjoyed little national stature after his drubbing by George H.W. Bush in 1988.
Blog text (27) -
The boxer faced a severe drubbing in the ring that left him unable to continue the fight.
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After losing the championship match, the team received a real drubbing from their supporters.
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The coach warned the players that their last game ended in a drubbing they would not forget.
Synonyms
276
4.2
Hitting a person many times as punishment or violence
22
3.8
Beating a person or animal with a whip as punishment
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6.5
Repeated violent hitting or strong criticism that causes harm
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2.8
A series of hard hits against something, often loud and strong
11
5.7
Physical hitting of a person to make them obey rules
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4.4
A violent act of hitting a person or damaging a thing
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7.0
Beating someone with a whip or strap as punishment
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6.7
A severe beating given to someone as punishment
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8.6
A violent attack where a person is hit many times
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8.1
A hard hit given to someone as punishment
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7.5
A complete beating in a game or contest
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4.8
Hitting someone or something very hard, often with a fist
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6.5
A heavy loss in a game or a serious physical beating
A severe beating that someone gets as punishment
How Violent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Drubbing comes from the old verb drub, which meant 'to beat' and was used for real physical punishment. So a drubbing can mean a severe beating or thrashing, the repeated blows that punish someone.