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drubbing

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Etymology

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    From drub + -ing.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈdɹʌbɪŋ/
    • Audio (US):(file)
    • Rhymes: -ʌbɪŋ

    Verb

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    drubbing

    1. present participle and gerund of drub

    Noun

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    drubbing (plural drubbings)

    1. A severe beating.
      His mother gave him a drubbing after finding out he'd been stealing.
      • 2023 January 27, Philip Oltermann, “German critics pan Oscar-nominated All Quiet On the Western Front”, in The Guardian‎[1], →ISSN:
        Yet upon its release in Germany the first world war drama has been at the receiving end of a critical drubbing, with critics complaining that it turns a beloved literary classic into a spectacle “horny for an Oscar”, and military historians bemoaning its “black-and-white” historical inaccuracies.
    2. A thorough defeat.
      The debate team got a drubbing from the competition.
      • 2012 September 7, Dominic Fifield, “England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova”, in The Guardian‎[2]:
        Leighton Baines's deflected free-kick added yet more late gloss to the drubbing, the Everton player celebrating his first competitive start with England's first goal direct from a free-kick since David Beckham scored against Ecuador at the 2006 World Cup.
      • 2023 July 24, Jason Horowitz, “What the Collapse of Spain’s Far Right Means Going Forward”, in The New York Times‎[3], →ISSN:
        In a short speech Sunday night after his party’s drubbing, a downcast Mr. Abascal acknowledged that Mr. Sánchez now had the support to block a new government, and could also be sworn in again with the support of the far-left and the separatist parties, or what he called “the support of communists and terrorists.”
      • 2025 July 31, Michelle Grattan, “Grattan on Friday: Aggrieved Liberals stamp their feet, testing Sussan Ley’s authority”, in The Conversation‎[4]:
        Peter Dutton was a disaster for the Liberals, as the election drubbing showed.

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