drub Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
    bat; lick; clobber; thrash; cream.
    • We licked the other team on Sunday!

WordNet

Drub transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. Prov. E. drab to beat, Icel. & Sw. drabba to hit, beat, Dan. dræbe to slay, and perh. OE. drepen to strike, kill, AS. drepan to strike, G. & D. freffen to hit, touch, Icel. drepa to strike, kill.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Drubbed; present participle & verbal noun Drubbing
Definitions
  1. To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel.
    Soundly Drubbed with a good honest cudgel. L'Estrange.
Drub noun
Definitions
  1. A blow with a cudgel; a thump. Addison.

Webster 1913