drub

Εννοια (English)

Noun

Carbonaceous shale; small coal; slate, dross, or rubbish in coal.

Verb

1. To beat (someone or something) with a stick.
2. To defeat someone soundly; to annihilate or crush.
3. To forcefully teach something.
4. To criticize harshly; to excoriate.

Synonyms

thrash

beat

clobber

lick

berate

bat

🦇

defeat

batter

ferule

knock

flog

whip

cream

bring up

buffet

bullyrag

call down

cane

cant

chastise

chide

churn

clapperclaw

club

comb

crook

cudgel

darn

drum

🥁

get after

get at

growl

haze

ingot

inveigh

jump on

lambaste

lash

mag

🔍

miscall

objurgate

perch

rail

revile

rod

row

scold

scorch

scourge

shaft

shellac

skin

slang

spank

staff

stamp

stick

strafe

swear

swear at

take apart

tee off

throw up

thrush

throw mud at

give someone hell

trounce

truncheon

verge

walking stick

wand

whop

be at

comb down

come down on

inveigh against

lay someone out

let into

rail against

hit repeatedly

wap

abuse

stroke

be down on

be on at

bum-rap

call over the coals

rip into

scold for

whip overwhelm

give somebody hell

slangwhang

yaff

strik

blast on someone

chew somebody's ass out

get on somebody's ass

lay out someone

sling mud at

сall names

go off at smb.

give fits

bust chops

give somebody shit

trash someone

cut a beef

utter imprecations

tell someone Off

claw away

deal it out

go crook

ass-kick

let go with

give someone a tongue-lashing

ballock somebody

bollock somebody

give curry

ride a pony

annihilate

slap someone's wrist

assault

attack

👊

ban

bandy

bar

baste

baton

bawl out

be after

blast

blow

blow up

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/dɹʌb/

Ετυμολογία (English)

Inherited from Μέσα Αγγλικά: *drob

Inherited from Μέσα Αγγλικά: drepen

Inherited from Παλαιά Αγγλικά: drepan

Cognate with Νορβηγικά: drubba

Cognate with Old Frisian: drop

Cognate with Παλαιά Άνω Γερμανικά: treffan

Cognate with Παλαιά Νορβηγικά: drepa

In summary

From Middle English *drob, drof, from Old English *drōb, drōf (“turbid; dreggy; dirty”), from Proto-West Germanic *drōbī, from Proto-Germanic *drōbuz (“turbid”).