drub
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Drub \Drub\ (dr[u^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drubbed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Drubbing}.] [Cf. Prov. E. drab to beat, Icel. & Sw.
drabba to hit, beat, Dan. dr[ae]be to slay, and perh. OE.
drepen to strike, kill, AS. drepan to strike, G. & D. freffen
to hit, touch, Icel. drepa to strike, kill.]
To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel.
[1913 Webster]
Soundly Drubbed with a good honest cudgel.
--L'Estrange.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
147 Moby Thesaurus words for "drub":
bang, bash, baste, bastinado, bat, batter, beat, beat all hollow,
beat hollow, beating, belabor, belt, best, biff, birch, blister,
blow, bonk, buffet, cane, castigate, chop, clip, clobber, clop,
clout, club, clump, cowhide, crack, cudgel, cut, dash, debacle,
defeasance, defeat, destroy, dig, dint, do in, drubbing, drumming,
excoriate, fix, flagellate, flail, flap, flay, flog, fusillade,
fustigate, give a whipping, give the stick, hammer, hide, hit,
hors de combat, horsewhip, jab, knock, knout, lace, lambaste,
larrup, lash, lather, lay on, lick, licking, maul, outclass, outdo,
outfight, outgeneral, outmaneuver, outpoint, outrun, outsail,
outshine, overthrow, overwhelm, paste, patter, pelt, pistol-whip,
plunk, poke, pommel, pound, pulverize, pummel, punch, put, rap,
rawhide, rout, ruin, scorch, score, scourge, settle, shellac,
shellacking, skin, skin alive, slam, slash, sledgehammer, slog,
slug, smack, smash, smear, smite, sock, spank, stamp, stomp, strap,
stripe, stroke, swat, swing, swinge, swipe, switch, tattoo, thrash,
thresh, thump, thwack, trample, tread, trim, triumph over, trounce,
trouncing, truncheon, undo, vanquishment, wallop, whack, whale,
whip, whop, worst, yerk
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