drubbing

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A thorough defeat

The debate team got a drubbing from the competition.

Present participle of drub
A severe beating

His mother gave him a drubbing after finding out he'd been stealing.

{n} a beating, chastisement, correction
the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
{i} sound defeat; act of thrashing; act of beating with repeated blows
a sound defeat
If someone gets a drubbing, they are defeated easily. an occasion when one team easily beats another team in sport (drub (17-20 centuries), probably from daraba)
drub
to beat (someone or something) with a stick
drub
to forcefully teach something
drub
{v} to thrash, to bang or beat with a stick
drub
{n} a thump, knock, blow, bang, stroke, cuff
drub
to defeat someone soundly; to annihilate or crush
drub
To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel
drub
to criticize harshly; to excoriate
drub
A blow with a cudgel; a thump
drub
{f} beat up; defeat
drub
beat thoroughly in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
drubbings
plural of drubbing
drubbing
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