Drub

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To thrash with a stick.
  • v. To instill forcefully: drubbed the lesson into my head.
  • v. To defeat soundly.
  • v. To berate harshly.
  • v. To stamp (the feet).
  • verb-intransitive. To beat the ground; stamp.
  • verb-intransitive. To pound; throb.
  • n. A blow with a heavy instrument, such as a stick.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. to beat (someone or something) with a stick
  • v. to forcefully teach something
  • v. to defeat someone soundly; to annihilate or crush
  • v. to criticize harshly; to excoriate
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel.
  • n. A blow with a cudgel; a thump.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To beat with a stick; cudgel; belabor; thrash; beat in general.
  • n. A blow with a stick or cudgel; a thump; a knock.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
  • Verb Form
    drubbed    drubbing    drubs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    vanquish    shell    beat    beat out    trounce    crush   
    Variant
    drubbing    drubbed   
    Form
    drubbed    drubbing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    thrash    cudgel    thump    beam   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Cub    Hub    bub    chubb    club    cub    dub    grub    hub    nub   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
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