Thesaurus / drub
FEEDBACKHow to use drub in a sentence
Jack, life is a great schoolmaster, but why does it take so long to drub any sense into these blockheads of ours?
THE DREAMERMARY NEWTON STANARDIn the midst of his reflections the drub of the muffled telephone beat its insistent tattoo.
THE MAN IN THE TWILIGHTRIDGWELL CULLUMOn the other hand, we extend the meaning of drub, the Arabic word for bastinado, to a beating of any kind.
THE ROMANCE OF WORDS (4TH ED.)ERNEST WEEKLEYAlso, to beat or drub a person, a sense known to Shakspeare as well as to seamen.
THE SAILOR'S WORD-BOOKWILLIAM HENRY SMYTHAnd as for the men, what could they think, when the preacher could drub any six of them?
THE MAID OF SKERRICHARD DODDRIDGE BLACKMORELaura began to drub on the drawing-room window and nod and laugh from it.
THE HISTORY OF PENDENNISWILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYA hundred years ago it was the critic's pleasure to drub authors with cruel and unnecessary vigour.
PLUM PUDDINGCHRISTOPHER MORLEYDrub says that the actors left out "a considerable load of Obscenity and Prophaness."
THREE HOURS AFTER MARRIAGEJOHN GAYI'll break his bird-traps and smash his nets, and I'll get my big cousin, the blacksmith, to drub him to a jelly.
THE INTERNATIONAL MONTHLY, VOL. II, NO. IVARIOUSAfter a time the drub-drubbing became curiously hypnotising.
MUSHROOM TOWNOLIVER ONIONSSYNONYM OF THE DAY
JUNE 21, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO DRUB
- KO
- beat
- beat up
- better
- blank
- blast
- bulldoze
- clobber
- conquer
- cream
- deck
- drub
- exceed
- excel
- flax
- floor
- get the better of
- knock off
- lambaste
- let have it
- lick
- master
- outclass
- outdo
- outshine
- outstrip
- overcome
- prevail
- put away
- shoot down
- shut down
- surpass
- take care of
- take down
- tan
- thrash
- top
- total
- transcend
- trash
- triumph
- triumph over
- trounce
- wallop
- waste
- wax
- whip
- whomp
- whop
- wipe
- wipe out
- wipe the floor with
- zap
- KOED
- beat
- beat up
- bettered
- blanked
- blasted
- bulldozed
- clobbered
- conquered
- creamed
- decked
- drubbed
- exceeded
- excelled
- flaxed
- floored
- got the better of
- knocked off
- lambasted
- let had it
- licked
- mastered
- outclassed
- outdid
- outshone
- outstripped
- overcame
- prevailed
- put away
- shot down
- shut down
- surpassed
- tanned
- thrashed
- took care of
- took down
- topped
- totaled
- transcended
- trashed
- triumph over
- triumphed
- trounced
- walloped
- wasted
- waxed
- whipped
- whomped
- whopped
- wiped
- wiped out
- wiped the floor with
- zapped
- baste
- bawl out
- beat
- berate
- blister
- cane
- censure
- chasten
- chastise
- chew out
- come down on
- correct
- criticize
- discipline
- drag over the coals
- dress down
- drub
- excoriate
- flay
- flog
- jump down one's throat
- lambaste
- lash
- lay out
- lean on
- penalize
- pummel
- punish
- rail
- rate
- read the riot act
- ream
- rebuke
- reprimand
- scarify
- scathe
- scold
- scorch
- scourge
- thrash
- tongue-lash
- upbraid
- whip
- beat
- bring to knees
- checkmate
- circumvent
- clobber
- control
- cream
- crush
- discomfit
- drub
- foil
- frustrate
- get the better of
- humble
- lick
- master
- outwit
- overmaster
- overpower
- override
- overthrow
- prevail
- quell
- reduce
- rout
- shut down
- subdue
- subjugate
- succeed
- surmount
- throw
- thwart
- total
- trample underfoot
- trash
- triumph
- vanquish
- whip
- wipe off map
- worst
- zap
- beat
- brought to knees
- checkmated
- circumvented
- clobbered
- controlled
- creamed
- crushed
- discomfited
- drubbed
- foiled
- frustrated
- got the better of
- humbled
- licked
- mastered
- outwitted
- overmasted
- overpowered
- overrode
- overthrew
- prevailed
- quelled
- reduced
- routed
- shut down
- subdued
- subjugated
- succeeded
- surmounted
- threw
- thwarted
- totaled
- trample underfoot
- trashed
- triumphed
- vanquished
- whipped
- wiped off map
- worsted
- zapped
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