Drubbed

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Drub \Drub\ (dr[u^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drubbed}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Drubbing}.] [Cf. Prov. E. drab to beat, Icel. & Sw.
     drabba to hit, beat, Dan. dr[ae]be to slay, and perh. OE.
     drepen to strike, kill, AS. drepan to strike, G. & D. freffen
     to hit, touch, Icel. drepa to strike, kill.]
     To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel.


     [1913 Webster]
  
           Soundly Drubbed with a good honest cudgel.
                                                    --L'Estrange.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  drub
       v : beat thoroughly in a competition or fight; "We licked the
           other team on Sunday!" [syn: {bat}, {clobber}, {thrash},
           {lick}]
       [also: {drubbing}, {drubbed}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  drubbed
       See {drub}