verb
definition
To beat (someone or something) with a stick.
definition
To defeat someone soundly; to annihilate or crush.
definition
To forcefully teach something.
definition
To criticize harshly; to excoriate.
noun
definition
A severe beating.
example
His mother gave him a drubbing after finding out he'd been stealing.
definition
A thorough defeat.
example
The debate team got a drubbing from the competition.
Examples of drubbing in a Sentence
In spite of the drubbing he'd taken in the debate, he felt pretty good.
American fashion has taken a drubbing when compared to European style.
Has he not read the previous debate on spiked - commissioned by his own organization - where the global warming case took a drubbing?
I still have hopes that Lancs will get a drubbing in the roses match next week.
Tylor to be a myth of the sun, but the sun could hardly give the sun a drubbing.
Derby drubbing to Hitchin, with Grant Carney smashing a hatrick.
A piano player of sorts, Race was unceremoniously hauled on stage and given a thorough public drubbing.
Labor also suffered a drubbing in Tower Hamlets, losing overall control.
It is also anticipated Michael Howard will receive a similar drubbing at the hands of the UK Independence party.
They conceded 89 goals, including a 5-1 away drubbing at Watford and, worse, a 5-2 home clattering against Bristol City.
It's possible we could get a good drubbing.
The topsy-turvey league was well illustrated as they handed a 5-1 local Derby drubbing to Hitchin, with Grant Carney smashing a hatrick.
Coventry City Ladies hit rock bottom with a 7-1 home drubbing by Blackburn Rovers.
The 3rd XV cross Edinburgh to visit Goldenacre looking to build on their 70 point drubbing of Biggar last week.
Marian Pahars scored two and had one disallowed in last night's 4-0 drubbing of Crystal Palace reserves.