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drub

verb as in thrash

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Jack, life is a great schoolmaster, but why does it take so long to drub any sense into these blockheads of ours?

In the midst of his reflections the drub of the muffled telephone beat its insistent tattoo.

On the other hand, we extend the meaning of drub, the Arabic word for bastinado, to a beating of any kind.

Also, to beat or drub a person, a sense known to Shakspeare as well as to seamen.

And as for the men, what could they think, when the preacher could drub any six of them?

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On this page you'll find 51 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to drub, such as: clobber, spank, trounce, wallop, beat, and cane.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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