drubbing

drub·bing (dr

ng)

1. A severe thrashing.

2. A total defeat.

drubbing [ˈdrʌbɪŋ]

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

2. a comprehensive or heavy defeat

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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

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

(= 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

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beating belabour corporal punishment debacle drub Drubber flagellation flail flogging going-over lacing lam lashing licking tanning thrash thrashing thresh trounce	My landlord was likewise beginning his oration to Jones, but was presently interrupted by that generous youth, who shook him heartily by the hand, and assured him of entire forgiveness, saying, "If you are satisfied, my worthy friend, I promise you I am;" and indeed, in one sense, the landlord had the better reason to be satisfied; for he had received a bellyfull of drubbing, whereas Jones had scarce felt a single blow. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context "Why, marry," answered jolly Robin, "yon stout fellow hath tumbled me neck and crop into the water and hath given me a drubbing beside. The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Pyle, Howard View in context By this time Don Quixote and Sancho, who had witnessed the drubbing of Rocinante, came up panting, and said Don Quixote to Sancho: Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context	drouthy drove drove chisel Droven drover droves Drovy Drow drown drown out Drownage Drowner drowning drowse drowse off drowsihead drowsihed drowsily drowsiness drowsing drowsy Drowth Droyle drub Drubber drubbing drudge Drudger drudgery drudgework drudging Drudging box Drudgingly Druery drug drug abuse drug abuser drug addict drug addiction drug baron drug bust drug cartel drug cocktail drug company drug dealer Drug Enforcement Administration Drug Enforcement Agency drug holiday drug interdiction drug lord drug of abuse	DRTL DRTLW DRTM DRTO DRTPC DRTPDU DRTR DRTRC DRTRS DRTS DRTSJ DRTSS Drtt DRTU DRTV DRTWG DRTWNW DRTY DRTZ DRU Društvo Slovenskih Skladateljev drub drub drubbed drubbed drubber drubber drubbing drubbings drubbings drubs drubs DRUC DRUCA DRUCC Druce, George Claridge Drucilla Druck Druck Jetronic Druck Journalismus Papier Druck Und Papier Drucker, Peter Drucker, Peter Ferdinand Drucker, Peter Ferdinand Druckerei Zu Altenburg Druckhaus Waiblingen Druckman, Jacob Druckman, Jacob DRUCO I Drud testing and probation Drude equation Drude's theory of conduction Drude, Paul Drude, Paul Karl Ludwig Drude-Born-Federov drudge drudge

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My landlord was likewise beginning his oration to Jones, but was presently interrupted by that generous youth, who shook him heartily by the hand, and assured him of entire forgiveness, saying, "If you are satisfied, my worthy friend, I promise you I am;" and indeed, in one sense, the landlord had the better reason to be satisfied; for he had received a bellyfull of drubbing, whereas Jones had scarce felt a single blow.

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context

"Why, marry," answered jolly Robin, "yon stout fellow hath tumbled me neck and crop into the water and hath given me a drubbing beside.

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Pyle, Howard View in context

By this time Don Quixote and Sancho, who had witnessed the drubbing of Rocinante, came up panting, and said Don Quixote to Sancho:

Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context

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