drubbing

• اسم يدل على هزيمة ساحقة وحاسمة في منافسة أو مسابقة، أو على الضرب المتكرر والشديد للشخص عقابًا له.

A noun referring to a decisive defeat in a competition or contest, or the act of beating someone repeatedly as a form of punishment.

1. Sound defeatC1informal

   A decisive and thorough defeat in a competition or contest.

   هزيمة ساحقة

   • The home team suffered a drubbing in the championship match.
   • The incumbent candidate received a drubbing at the polls.
   • After that drubbing, the team knew they had to change their strategy.

   المرادفاتbeatinghammeringpoundingroutthrashingtrouncingwallopingwhipping

   الأضدادsuccesstriumphvictorywin

2. Corporal punishmentC2formal

   The act of beating someone repeatedly as a form of punishment.

   العقاب البدني

   • In the past, a drubbing was a common punishment for misbehavior.
   • The historical account described the drubbing of the prisoner.
   • The novel's villain threatened the hero with a severe drubbing.

   المرادفاتbeatingcaningflogginglashingspankingthrashingwallopingwhipping

• فعل قديم بمعنى ضرب أو طرَق شخصًا ما، غالبًا بعصا أو هراوة؛ كما يعني إلحاق هزيمة ساحقة به في منافسة.

An archaic verb meaning to beat or thrash someone, often with a stick or cudgel; to defeat decisively in a contest.

1. Beat or thrashC2formal

   To hit or beat someone repeatedly, often with a stick or other object.

   ضرب

   • The soldiers were ordered to drub the rebels into submission.
   • He threatened to drub the thief if he caught him again.
   • The old man drubbed the dust out of the carpet with a stick.

   المرادفاتbashbatterbeatclobberhammerpoundpummelthrashthumpwallop

2. Defeat decisivelyC2informal

   To defeat someone thoroughly in a competition or contest.

   سحق

   • The home team drubbed their opponents 10-0.
   • She drubbed her rival in the final round of the debate.
   • The champion drubbed all challengers with ease.

   المرادفاتannihilateclobbercrushhammeroverwhelmroutthrashtrouncewallop

   الأضدادlosesurrenderyield