Associations to the word «Drubbing»

Wiktionary

DRUBBING, verb. Present participle of drub
DRUBBING, noun. A severe beating; a bace.
DRUBBING, noun. A thorough defeat.

Dictionary definition

DRUBBING, noun. A sound defeat.
DRUBBING, noun. The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats