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Definition of "drub" [drub]

  • To thrash with a stick. (verb-transitive)
  • To instill forcefully: drubbed the lesson into my head. (verb-transitive)
  • To defeat soundly. (verb-transitive)
  • To berate harshly. (verb-transitive)
  • To stamp (the feet). (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "drub" in a sentence
  • "Charlie is going to drub you and crazy Rubio in November. isaiah's grandma"
  • "More than a quarter of patients had grown up in homes with alcoholism or drub abuse, and a similar percentage had suffered beatings."
  • "If the Sooners or Cowboys drub K-State like they have in recent years, that's what I'm blaming it on."