[ US /ˈdɹəb/ ]
VERB
  1. beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
    We licked the other team on Sunday!
Linguix Browser extension
Fix your writing
on millions of websites
Get Started For Free Linguix pencil

How To Use drub In A Sentence

  • Recently—too recently for the information to be included in "Carthage Must Be Destroyed"—the site of the Battle of Baecula in 208 B.C., where Scipio Africanus defeated a Carthaginian army under Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal, was discovered in Spain. An Empire of the Mediterranean
  • Yes, it drubs the Corolla, but the current Corolla has been around since the Earth cooled (2006). Brand-New and Almost Out of Date
  • Halladay implied some criticism of his game-calling after the Orioles drubbed him last Friday.
  • It may even date to Kay-drub's tenure as the second Holder of the Throne of The Shuk-den Affair: Origins of a Controversy (Part II)
  • The Shrimps recorded a 2-1 win over Fleet - and that wiped away the nightmare of last season's 6-0 drubbing at Stonebridge Road.
  • He is despised by the overwhelming majority of the population, and most of them will secretly cheer if he gets a drubbing at the hands of the protestors.
  • “Hear, King Moloch!” called Hasdrubal, lifting his swarthy arms to heaven, then striking them with his sword till the blood gushed down, “suffer us to escape this calamity and I vow thee even my daughter Tibaït, — a child in her tenth year, — she shall die in thy holy furnace a sacrifice.” A Victor of Salamis
  • According to figures released on Friday, US consumer sentiment tumbled in early July as the stock market drubbing soured Americans' expectations.
  • Nottingham Forest got/received/took a severe drubbing at the hands of Manchester United.
  • Some take the verbal drubbings in stride.
View all
This website uses cookies to make Linguix work for you. By using this site, you agree to our cookie policy