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drub·bing

(drŭb′ĭng)
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, esp in a sporting competition
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drub•bing

(ˈdrʌb ɪŋ)

n.
1. a beating; sound thrashing.
2. a decisive, humiliating defeat, as in a game or contest.
[1640–50]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:drubbing - a sound defeat]drubbing - a sound defeat
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. [画像:drubbing - the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows]drubbing - the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
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
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drubbing

noun
The act of defeating or the condition of being defeated:
Slang: dusting, licking.
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Translations

drubbing

[ˈdrʌbɪŋ] N (= thrashing) → paliza f (fig) (= defeat) → paliza f
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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
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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.
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"Why, marry," answered jolly Robin, "yon stout fellow hath tumbled me neck and crop into the water and hath given me a drubbing beside."
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He excited so much admiration, one day, among a crowd of white boys, by throwing back somersaults from the stern of a canoe, that it wearies Tom's spirit, and at last he shoved the canoe underneath Chambers while he was in the air--so he came down on his head in the canoe bottom; and while he lay unconscious, several of Tom's ancient adversaries saw that their long-desired opportunity was come, and they gave the false heir such a drubbing that with Chamber's best help he was hardly able to drag himself home afterward.
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By this time Don Quixote and Sancho, who had witnessed the drubbing of Rocinante, came up panting, and said Don Quixote to Sancho:
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