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Noun: drubbing  drú-bing
  1. A sound defeat
    - thrashing, walloping, debacle, slaughter, trouncing, whipping, débâcle
     
  2. The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
    - beating, thrashing, licking, lacing, trouncing, whacking
Verb: drub (drubbed,drubbing)  drúb
  1. Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
    "We drubbed the other team on Sunday!"
    - cream, bat, clobber, thrash, lick, trounce, slaughter, beat hollow, muller [Brit], smoke [N. Amer], wipe the floor, hammer

Derived forms: drubbings

Type of: beat, beat out, corporal punishment, crush, defeat, licking, shell, trounce, vanquish