English Explanatory Dictionary

drub

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

/dɹʌb/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-drub.wav /dɹʊb/

Word forms

drub drubs drubbing drubbed

Etymology

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

Derived words

drubly drubber drubbing
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