drub

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight

Etymology

From Middle English *drob, drof, from Old English *drōb, drōf (“turbid; dreggy; dirty”), from Proto-West Germanic *drōbī, from Proto-Germanic *drōbuz (“turbid”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

cream, bat, clobber, thrash, lick

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