drubbing

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English

Etymology

From drub +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɹʌbɪŋ/
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  • Rhymes: -ʌbɪŋ

Verb

drubbing

  1. present participle and gerund of drub

Noun

drubbing (plural drubbings)

  1. A severe beating.
    His mother gave him a drubbing after finding out he'd been stealing.
    • 2023 January 27, Philip Oltermann, “German critics pan Oscar-nominated All Quiet On the Western Front”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:
      Yet upon its release in Germany the first world war drama has been at the receiving end of a critical drubbing, with critics complaining that it turns a beloved literary classic into a spectacle “horny for an Oscar”, and military historians bemoaning its “black-and-white” historical inaccuracies.
  2. A thorough defeat.
    The debate team got a drubbing from the competition.
    • 2012 September 7, Dominic Fifield, “England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova”, in The Guardian‎:
      Leighton Baines's deflected free-kick added yet more late gloss to the drubbing, the Everton player celebrating his first competitive start with England's first goal direct from a free-kick since David Beckham scored against Ecuador at the 2006 World Cup.
    • 2023 July 24, Jason Horowitz, “What the Collapse of Spain’s Far Right Means Going Forward”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:
      In a short speech Sunday night after his party’s drubbing, a downcast Mr. Abascal acknowledged that Mr. Sánchez now had the support to block a new government, and could also be sworn in again with the support of the far-left and the separatist parties, or what he called “the support of communists and terrorists.”

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