DRUBBING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does drubbing mean? 

• DRUBBING (noun)
  The noun DRUBBING has 2 senses:

1. a sound defeat

2. the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

  Familiarity information: DRUBBING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRUBBING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sound defeat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

debacle; drubbing; slaughter; thrashing; trouncing; walloping; whipping

Hypernyms ("drubbing" is a kind of...):

defeat; licking (an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest)

Derivation:

drub (beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

beating; drubbing; lacing; licking; thrashing; trouncing; whacking

Hypernyms ("drubbing" is a kind of...):

corporal punishment (the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drubbing"):

flagellation; flogging; lashing; tanning; whipping (beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment)

flagellation (beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation)

 Context examples 

Wolf Larsen treasured against them the attempt on his life and the drubbing he had received in the forecastle; and morning, noon, and night, and all night as well, he devoted himself to making life unlivable for them.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)