drub

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

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

Synonyms

thrash

beat

lick

clobber

flog

ferule

knock

cream

defeat

berate

bat

🦇

whip

batter

blast

club

baste

churn

be after

bar

attack

👊

cant

cane

chastise

chide

bawl out

clapperclaw

call down

get at

comb

bullyrag

bandy

buffet

drum

🥁

bring up

baton

darn

blow up

get after

cudgel

growl

haze

ingot

inveigh

jump on

crook

lambaste

lash

blow

mag

🔍

ban

Translations

battre

abbürsten

rügen

ausmachen

beschimpfen

losziehen

aufmöbeln

schelten

schimpfen

striegeln

zusammenscheißen

giften

anscheißen

hunzen

aasen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɹʌb/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: *drob

Inherited from Middle English: drepen

Inherited from Old English: drepan

Cognate with Norwegian: drubba

Cognate with Old Frisian: drop

Cognate with Old High German: treffan

Cognate with Old Norse: 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”).