drubbing
noun
1. a sound defeat
Similar word(s): debacle, slaughter, thrashing, trouncing, walloping, whipping
Definition categories: event, defeat, licking
2. the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
Similar word(s): beating, lacing, licking, thrashing, trouncing, whacking
Definition categories: act
Sentences with drubbing as a noun:
- His mother gave him a drubbing after finding out he'd been stealing.
- The debate team got a drubbing from the competition.
verb
1. present participle of drub