Reverse Dictionary: DRUB

DRUB, DRUBBING

NOUNS
1644 — BANG a drubbing, defeat → obs.
1678 — OIL OF HAZEL a sound drubbing, beating, or thrashing
1678 — SCOURING a drubbing; a beating, severe reprehension → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1794 — DICHELS a drubbing; a beating; reproof, correction → Sc.
1807 — CURRYING a drubbing, a thrashing
1825 — BAISSING a drubbing; a beating → Sc.
1825 — DISHINS a drubbing, a beating → Sc.
1825 — TABOURS a drubbing; a beating → Sc.
1866 — POPPIN’ a drubbing; a beating, a whipping → Sc.
1889 — LALDIE a drubbing; a thrashing, punishment → Sc.
1889 — LALDY-DALDY a drubbing; a thrashing, punishment → Sc.
1896 — PAIKIE a drubbing, a beating → Sc.
1898 — BAIKINS a drubbing; a beating → Sc. (Bk.)
1898 — CAMBORNE a drubbing, a beating → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1899 — TRIMMING a drubbing; a beating; a thrashing; a sharp scolding; chastisement → Amer. dial.
1900 — DICHLING a drubbing; a beating, a thrashing → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — BETCHELLIN’ a drubbing; a beating → Sc. (Bk.)
1916 — MALAGRUIZE a drubbing; a hurt, an injury → Sc.
1935 — NANTY a drubbing, a scolding → Sc. sl.
1967 — DUFFING-UP a drubbing, a beating; a hitting or thumping something or someone → colloq.


VERBS
1529 — CURRY to give a drubbing to; to beat or thrash one’s hide for him; to give a drubbing to
1530 — WALK to drub, to beat → obs.
1530 — WALK A PERSON’S COAT to drub, to beat → obs.
1589 — CAPERCLAW to drub, to thrash, to beat; to claw or scratch with the open hand and nails → obs.
1822 — POP to drub, to beat, to belabour, to chastise → Sc.
1825 — BAISS to drub, to beat → Sc.
1844 — CLAW SOMEONE’S KAIM to administer a drubbing, to haul over the coals → Sc.
1905 — GET ONE’S TICKETS to get a drubbing; to be subjected to a scolding match → Sc. (Bk.)
1942 — CREAM to drub, to hit, to beat thoroughly; to crush → sl., orig. & chiefly US
1960 — RAMSTOORIE to drub, to trounce, to set about with violence → Sc.