"drubbing" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɹʌbɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-drubbing.wav [US] Forms: drubbings [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌbɪŋ Etymology: From drub + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|drub|ing}} drub + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} drubbing (plural drubbings)
  1. A severe beating. Translations (severe beating): omgang klø (Danish), omgang tæsk (Danish), lag tæsk (Danish), raclée [feminine] (French), branlée [feminine] (French), greasáil [feminine] (Irish), pryl [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), omgang juling [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), stryk [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), grisebank [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), trimpe [feminine] (Walloon), plouzêye [feminine] (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-drubbing-en-noun-hcfdJWyD Disambiguation of 'severe beating': 97 3
  2. A thorough defeat. Translations (thorough defeat): stryg (Danish), raclée [feminine] (French), greasáil [feminine] (Irish), stryk [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), petêye [feminine] (Walloon), pilure [feminine] (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-drubbing-en-noun-ivnaYyRu Disambiguation of 'thorough defeat': 4 96

Verb

IPA: /ˈdɹʌbɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-drubbing.wav [US]
Rhymes: -ʌbɪŋ Etymology: From drub + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|drub|ing}} drub + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} drubbing
  1. present participle and gerund of drub Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: drub
    Sense id: en-drubbing-en-verb-6xqbsGvh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 6 89 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 14 17 69

Inflected forms

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