Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun drubbing

2 senses of drubbing

Sense 1
thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping -- (a sound defeat)
       => 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")

Sense 2
beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking -- (the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows)
       => corporal punishment -- (the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb drub

1 sense of drub

Sense 1
cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick -- (beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!")
       => beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish -- (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game")