Definition

1. Noun:
   • A severe beating or thrashing: The act of physically hitting someone repeatedly, typically as punishment or in a fight.
   • A decisive defeat: A sound or thorough defeat, especially in a competition, game, or conflict.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Severe beating):
  • The bully gave the smaller boy a terrible drubbing.
  • In the old days, a drubbing was a common form of discipline.
• Noun (Decisive defeat):
  • The home team suffered a humiliating drubbing, losing 10-0.
  • The political party took a drubbing in the recent elections.

Advanced Usage

• "to give someone a drubbing": To defeat someone soundly or to beat them severely.
  • The champion gave the challenger a complete drubbing in the boxing ring.
• "to take a drubbing": To be thoroughly defeated or beaten.
  • Our sales figures took a drubbing this quarter due to the new competition.

Variants and Related Words

• Drub (verb): To beat someone soundly or to defeat thoroughly.
  • The team was drubbed in the final match.
• Thrashing (noun): A synonym for both a severe beating and a heavy defeat.

Synonyms

• Beating: A punishment or assault involving hitting.
• Thrashing: A very severe beating or defeat.
• Rout: A disorderly retreat of defeated troops; a decisive defeat.
• Trouncing: A severe defeat or beating.

Related Phrases

• A sound defeat: An idiom meaning a very clear and decisive loss.
  • The match ended in a sound defeat for the visitors.

Noun

1. the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
2. a sound defeat