drub

Meaning

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.

Concepts

drub

beat

thrash

clobber

lick

flog

batter

defeat

bat

cream

berate

ferule

whip

knock

attack

assault

club

cudgel

annihilate

buffet

whip overwhelm

clapperclaw

drum

stamp

churn

lambaste

lash

scourge

shellac

spank

trounce

whop

bandy

bar

baton

crook

ingot

perch

rod

shaft

staff

stick

truncheon

verge

walking stick

wand

baste

cane

strik

stroke

wap

thrush

hit repeatedly

be on at

abuse

ban

bawl out

be after

be at

be down on

blast

blow

blow up

bring up

bullyrag

bum-rap

call down

call over the coals

cant

chastise

chide

comb

comb down

come down on

darn

get after

get at

give somebody hell

give someone hell

growl

haze

inveigh

inveigh against

jump on

lay someone out

let into

mag

miscall

objurgate

rail

rail against

revile

rip into

row

scold

scold for

scorch

skin

slang

slangwhang

strafe

swear

swear at

take apart

tee off

throw mud at

throw up

yaff

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

slap someone's wrist

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɹʌb/

Etymology

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