from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
drubbing
n 1: a sound defeat [syn: {thrashing}, {walloping}, {debacle},
{drubbing}, {slaughter}, {trouncing}, {whipping}]
2: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
[syn: {beating}, {thrashing}, {licking}, {drubbing},
{lacing}, {trouncing}, {whacking}]
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]