drub

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Carbonaceous shale; small coal; slate, dross, or rubbish in coal.
2. verb To beat (someone or something) with a stick.
3. verb To defeat someone soundly; to annihilate or crush.
4. verb To forcefully teach something.
5. verb To criticize harshly; to excoriate.

Similar words

thrash clobber lick bat dun flog smeddum dirty coal scrubstone duff

Often followed by

the them him you of on his

Word family

drubbed drubber drubbers drubbing drubbings drubs