drubbing

Plural: drubbings

Noun

• A severe beating or overwhelming defeat.
• a sound defeat
• the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
• A severe beating.
• A thorough defeat.

Verb

• beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
• present participle and gerund of drub

Examples

• Despite a strong start, he suffered a drubbing in the final rounds of Words With Friends.
• His mother gave him a drubbing after finding out he'd been stealing.
• The debate team got a drubbing from the competition.

Synonyms

bat, beating, clobber, cream, debacle, drub, lacing, lick, licking, slaughter, thrash, thrashing, trouncing, walloping, whacking, whipping