Examples
- //a crowd was drubbing the purse snatcher when the police arrived on the scene
- //we drubbed our traditional football rivals so badly that it was basically no contest
First Known Use
1634, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1History and Etymology
perhaps from Arabic ḍarabadrub
verb
Synonyms
- to strike repeatedly //a crowd was drubbing the purse snatcher when the police arrived on the sceneSynonymsbash baste bat batter beat belabor belt birch bludgeon buffet bung up club curry do fib [British] flog hammer hide lace lambaste (or lambast) lash lather lick maul mess (up) paddle pelt pommel pound pummel punch out rough (up) slate slog switch tan thrash thresh thump tromp wallop whale whip whop (or whap) whup work overRelated WordsSynonymous Phrases
- to defeat by a large margin //we drubbed our traditional football rivals so badly that it was basically no contestSynonymsRelated Wordsbeat best conquer dispatch hurdle lick master overbear overcome overmatch prevail (over) subdue surmount take throw triumph (over) win (against) worstSynonymous Phrases
dry ice
noun
Definition
- : solidified carbon dioxide
Examples
- //a crowd was drubbing the purse snatcher when the police arrived on the scene
- //we drubbed our traditional football rivals so badly that it was basically no contest
First Known Use
1634, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1History and Etymology
perhaps from Arabic ḍarabadrub
verb
Synonyms
- to strike repeatedly //a crowd was drubbing the purse snatcher when the police arrived on the sceneSynonymsbash baste bat batter beat belabor belt birch bludgeon buffet bung up club curry do fib [British] flog hammer hide lace lambaste (or lambast) lash lather lick maul mess (up) paddle pelt pommel pound pummel punch out rough (up) slate slog switch tan thrash thresh thump tromp wallop whale whip whop (or whap) whup work overRelated WordsSynonymous Phrases
- to defeat by a large margin //we drubbed our traditional football rivals so badly that it was basically no contestSynonymsRelated Wordsbeat best conquer dispatch hurdle lick master overbear overcome overmatch prevail (over) subdue surmount take throw triumph (over) win (against) worstSynonymous Phrases
dry ice
noun
Definition
- : solidified carbon dioxide
Examples
- //a crowd was drubbing the purse snatcher when the police arrived on the scene
- //we drubbed our traditional football rivals so badly that it was basically no contest
First Known Use
1634, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1History and Etymology
perhaps from Arabic ḍarabadrub
verb
Synonyms
- to strike repeatedly //a crowd was drubbing the purse snatcher when the police arrived on the sceneSynonymsbash baste bat batter beat belabor belt birch bludgeon buffet bung up club curry do fib [British] flog hammer hide lace lambaste (or lambast) lash lather lick maul mess (up) paddle pelt pommel pound pummel punch out rough (up) slate slog switch tan thrash thresh thump tromp wallop whale whip whop (or whap) whup work overRelated WordsSynonymous Phrases
- to defeat by a large margin //we drubbed our traditional football rivals so badly that it was basically no contestSynonymsRelated Wordsbeat best conquer dispatch hurdle lick master overbear overcome overmatch prevail (over) subdue surmount take throw triumph (over) win (against) worstSynonymous Phrases
dry ice
noun
Definition
- : solidified carbon dioxide
Examples
- //a crowd was drubbing the purse snatcher when the police arrived on the scene
- //we drubbed our traditional football rivals so badly that it was basically no contest
First Known Use
1634, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1History and Etymology
perhaps from Arabic ḍarabadrub
verb
Synonyms
- to strike repeatedly //a crowd was drubbing the purse snatcher when the police arrived on the sceneSynonymsbash baste bat batter beat belabor belt birch bludgeon buffet bung up club curry do fib [British] flog hammer hide lace lambaste (or lambast) lash lather lick maul mess (up) paddle pelt pommel pound pummel punch out rough (up) slate slog switch tan thrash thresh thump tromp wallop whale whip whop (or whap) whup work overRelated WordsSynonymous Phrases
- to defeat by a large margin //we drubbed our traditional football rivals so badly that it was basically no contestSynonymsRelated Wordsbeat best conquer dispatch hurdle lick master overbear overcome overmatch prevail (over) subdue surmount take throw triumph (over) win (against) worstSynonymous Phrases
dry ice
noun
Definition
- : solidified carbon dioxide
Examples
- //a crowd was drubbing the purse snatcher when the police arrived on the scene
- //we drubbed our traditional football rivals so badly that it was basically no contest
First Known Use
1634, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1History and Etymology
perhaps from Arabic ḍarabadrub
verb
Synonyms
- to strike repeatedly //a crowd was drubbing the purse snatcher when the police arrived on the sceneSynonymsbash baste bat batter beat belabor belt birch bludgeon buffet bung up club curry do fib [British] flog hammer hide lace lambaste (or lambast) lash lather lick maul mess (up) paddle pelt pommel pound pummel punch out rough (up) slate slog switch tan thrash thresh thump tromp wallop whale whip whop (or whap) whup work overRelated WordsSynonymous Phrases
- to defeat by a large margin //we drubbed our traditional football rivals so badly that it was basically no contestSynonymsRelated Wordsbeat best conquer dispatch hurdle lick master overbear overcome overmatch prevail (over) subdue surmount take throw triumph (over) win (against) worstSynonymous Phrases
dry ice
noun
Definition
- : solidified carbon dioxide
Examples
- //a crowd was drubbing the purse snatcher when the police arrived on the scene
- //we drubbed our traditional football rivals so badly that it was basically no contest
First Known Use
1634, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1History and Etymology
perhaps from Arabic ḍarabadrub
verb
Synonyms
- to strike repeatedly //a crowd was drubbing the purse snatcher when the police arrived on the sceneSynonymsbash baste bat batter beat belabor belt birch bludgeon buffet bung up club curry do fib [British] flog hammer hide lace lambaste (or lambast) lash lather lick maul mess (up) paddle pelt pommel pound pummel punch out rough (up) slate slog switch tan thrash thresh thump tromp wallop whale whip whop (or whap) whup work overRelated WordsSynonymous Phrases
- to defeat by a large margin //we drubbed our traditional football rivals so badly that it was basically no contestSynonymsRelated Wordsbeat best conquer dispatch hurdle lick master overbear overcome overmatch prevail (over) subdue surmount take throw triumph (over) win (against) worstSynonymous Phrases
dry ice
noun
Definition
- : solidified carbon dioxide
Examples
- //a crowd was drubbing the purse snatcher when the police arrived on the scene
- //we drubbed our traditional football rivals so badly that it was basically no contest
First Known Use
1634, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1History and Etymology
perhaps from Arabic ḍarabadrub
verb
Synonyms
- to strike repeatedly //a crowd was drubbing the purse snatcher when the police arrived on the sceneSynonymsbash baste bat batter beat belabor belt birch bludgeon buffet bung up club curry do fib [British] flog hammer hide lace lambaste (or lambast) lash lather lick maul mess (up) paddle pelt pommel pound pummel punch out rough (up) slate slog switch tan thrash thresh thump tromp wallop whale whip whop (or whap) whup work overRelated WordsSynonymous Phrases
- to defeat by a large margin //we drubbed our traditional football rivals so badly that it was basically no contestSynonymsRelated Wordsbeat best conquer dispatch hurdle lick master overbear overcome overmatch prevail (over) subdue surmount take throw triumph (over) win (against) worstSynonymous Phrases
dry ice
noun
Definition
- : solidified carbon dioxide
First Known Use
1925, in the meaning defined