We found 3 definitions of drubbings from 2 different sources.
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drubbing - the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows | ||
beating, thrashing, licking, lacing, trouncing, whacking | ||
corporal punishment the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime | ||
flogging, flagellation, lashing, tanning, whipping beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation | ||
drubbing - a sound defeat | ||
thrashing, walloping, debacle, slaughter, trouncing, whipping | ||
defeat, licking an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking" |