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Drubbing

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A severe thrashing.

n. A total defeat.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. Present participle of drub.

n. A severe beating.

n. A thorough defeat.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A cudgeling; a sound beating.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a sound defeat

n. the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

Word Usage

"He said what is important from his perspective is that Republicans, especially in the wake of what he called the drubbing that Republicans got in the election, that there be a fresh face."

Verb Form

drubbed drubbing drubs

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

vanquish shell beat beat out trounce

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

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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