drub (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *drub*:
VERB	contact	drub, cream, bat, clobber, thrash, lick	beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight

drub > pronunciation
Sounds	drah'b
Rhymes	Arab ... washtub: 23 rhymes with ahb...

English > *drub*: 1 sense > verb 1, contact
Meaning	Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Model	The fighter managed to drub his opponent
Synonyms	cream, bat, clobber, thrash, lick
Broader	beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish	Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
Similar to	thrash, thresh, lam, flail	Give a thrashing to
Spanish	batear, moler
Nouns	drubbing	a sound defeat

HyperDic: drub