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drub
[ druhb ]
verb (used with object)
, drubbed, drub·bing.
- to beat with a stick or the like; cudgel; flog; thrash.
- to defeat decisively, as in a game or contest.
- to drive as if by flogging:
Latin grammar was drubbed into their heads.
- to stamp (the feet).
noun
- a blow with a stick or the like.
drub
/ drʌb /
verb
- to beat as with a stick; cudgel; club
- to defeat utterly, as in a contest
- to drum or stamp (the feet)
- to instil with force or repetition
the master drubbed Latin into the boys
noun
- a blow, as from a stick
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Other Words From
- drubber noun
- un·drubbed adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of drub1
1625–35; perhaps by uncertain mediation < Arabic ḍarb blow, beating
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Word History and Origins
Origin of drub1
C17: probably from Arabic dáraba to beat
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Example Sentences
Jack, life is a great schoolmaster, but why does it take so long to drub any sense into these blockheads of ours?
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In the midst of his reflections the drub of the muffled telephone beat its insistent tattoo.
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On the other hand, we extend the meaning of drub, the Arabic word for bastinado, to a beating of any kind.
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Also, to beat or drub a person, a sense known to Shakspeare as well as to seamen.
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And as for the men, what could they think, when the preacher could drub any six of them?
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