drubbing

drub·bing  (drbng)

n.

1. A severe thrashing.

2. A total defeat.

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drubbing [ˈdrʌbɪŋ]

n

1. a beating, as with a stick, cudgel, etc.

2. a comprehensive or heavy defeat

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	drubbing - a sound defeat                       thrashing, trouncing, walloping, whipping, slaughter, debacle defeat, licking - an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"
	2.	drubbing - the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows whacking, beating, licking, thrashing, trouncing, lacing corporal punishment - the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime flogging, lashing, whipping, flagellation, tanning - beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment flagellation - beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation

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drubbing

noun beating, defeat, hammering (informal), pounding, whipping, thrashing, licking (informal), pasting (slang), flogging, trouncing, clobbering (slang), walloping (informal), pummelling following their 5-0 drubbing by Holland

Translations

drubbing [ˈdrʌbɪŋ] N (= thrashing) → paliza f (fig) (= defeat) → paliza f

drubbing

n

(= thrashing) → Prügel pl; to give somebody a drubbing → jdm eine Tracht Prügel verpassen

(= defeat) → Niederlage f; to take a good drubbing → ganz schön Prügel kriegen (inf); they suffered a 5-0 drubbing → sie wurden vernichtend mit 5:0 geschlagen