drubbing (redirected from drubbings)

drub·bing  (drbng)

n.

1. A severe thrashing.

2. A total defeat.

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drubbing

Noun

an utter defeat, as in a contest: the Communists received a drubbing [probably from Arabic dáraba to beat]

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