drub

Signification

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.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dɹʌb/

Étymologie

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