v., drubbed, drub·bing, drubs.

v.tr.

1. To thrash with a stick.
2. To instill forcefully: drubbed the lesson into my head.
3. 1. To defeat soundly.
   2. To berate harshly.
4. To stamp (the feet).

v.intr.

1. To beat the ground; stamp.
2. To pound; throb.

n.

A blow with a heavy instrument, such as a stick.

[Perhaps Arabic dialectal ḍrab, from ḍaraba, to hit.]

drubber drub'ber n.

verb

1. To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows: assail, assault, baste, batter, beat, belabor, buffet, hammer, pound, pummel, smash, thrash, thresh. Informal lambaste. Slang clobber. Idioms: rain blows on. See attack/defend, strike/miss.
2. To render totally ineffective by decisive defeat: annihilate, crush, overpower, overwhelm, smash, steamroller, thrash, trounce, vanquish. Informal massacre, wallop. Slang clobber, cream, shellac, smear. See win/lose/recovery.
3. To criticize harshly and devastatingly: blister, excoriate, flay, lash, rip into, scarify¹, scathe, scorch, score, scourge, slap, slash. Informal roast. Slang slam. Idioms: burn someone's ears, crawl all over, pin someone's ears back, put someone on the griddle, put someone on the hot seat, rake over the coals, read the riot act to. See praise/blame.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: beat thoroughly in a competition or fight
  Synonyms: bat, clobber, thrash, lick

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - tæve, slå løs på, rakke ned på
v. intr. - stampe, prygle, tæske, banke
n. - slag, stød

Nederlands (Dutch)
(op de grond) stampen, erin stampen (schoolvak), slaan, (drastisch) verslaan, pak slaag

Français (French)
v. tr. - donner une raclée, rosser, rouer de coups, injurier, traiter de tous les noms, battre à plate(s) couture(s), (fig) enfoncer (idée)
v. intr. - frapper/taper du pied, piétiner, battre (c¯ur)
n. - volée de coups, défaite, raclée

Deutsch (German)
v. - prügeln, einhämmern, austreiben, schlagen
n. - Schlag

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - δέρνω, ξυλοφορτώνω
n. - χτύπημα, μπαστουνιά

Italiano (Italian)
pestare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - esmurrar
n. - pancada (f)

Русский (Russian)
колотить, одержать убедительную победу, вдалбливать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - apalear, vapulear
v. intr. - apalear, vapulear
n. - golpe con un palo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - piska, prygla
n. - prygel

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
用棒打, 打败, 敲击, 棒打, 鞭抽, 捶击, 敲打

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 用棒打, 打敗
v. intr. - 敲擊
n. - 棒打, 鞭抽, 捶擊, 敲打

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 막대기로 내려치다, ~을 결정적으로 때려 눕히다
v. intr. - (마루 등을) 발로 구르다
n. - 막대기로 때리기

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 強打する, 完全に負かす, 打つ, たたき込む

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يجلد, يصد فكرة, يضرب بعصا (الاسم) الجلد ( بالسوط)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הלם, הכה‬
v. intr. - ‮רקע (ברגליו), החתים, חבט, הלם‬
n. - ‮מכה‬

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