Synonyms of the word drubbing


DRUBBINGBEATING - DEBACLE - DEFEAT - LACING - LICKING - SLAUGHTER - THRASHING - TROUNCING - WALLOPING - WHACKING - WHIPPING

drubbing

  • v. present participle of drub.
  • n. A severe beating; a bace.
  • n. A thorough defeat.

beating

  • n. Action of the verb to beat.
  • n. A heavy defeat or setback.
  • n. The pulsation of the heart.
  • v. present participle of beat.

debacle

  • n. An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences.
  • n. (ecology) A breaking up of a natural dam, usually made of ice, by a river and the ensuing rush of water.

defeat

  • v. (transitive) To overcome in battle or contest.
  • v. (transitive) To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
  • v. (transitive) To nullify.
  • n. The act of defeating or being defeated.

lacing

  • v. present participle of lace.
  • n. That with which something is laced.
  • n. The tied laces that form a netlike pattern.
  • n. A beating as punishment; a hiding.

licking

  • n. An act of licking.
  • n. (slang) A severe beating.
  • n. (slang) A great loss or defeat.
  • v. present participle of lick.

slaughter

  • n. (uncountable) The killing of animals, generally for food; ritual slaughter (kosher and halal).
  • n. A massacre; the killing of a large number of people.
  • n. A rout or decisive defeat.
  • v. (transitive) To butcher animals, generally for food.
  • v. (transitive) To massacre people in large numbers.
  • v. (transitive) To kill in a particularly brutal manner.

thrashing

  • v. present participle of thrash.
  • n. action of the verb to thrash.
  • n. a beating, especially a severe one.
  • n. (slang) A heavy defeat.
  • n. (computing) excessive paging within virtual storage.
  • n. (dance) slam dancing.
  • n. (colloquial) threshing (of cereal crop, etc).

trouncing

  • v. present participle of trounce.
  • n. A thorough defeat.

walloping

  • adj. whopping, large in size.
  • adj. of exceptional, impressive quality.
  • n. A series of wallops (blows.).
  • n. (figuratively) Verbal abuse.
  • v. present participle of wallop.

whacking

  • v. present participle of whack.
  • adj. (informal) Exceptionally large; whopping.
  • n. A beating.

whipping

  • n. (countable) The punishment of being whipped.
  • n. (countable) A heavy defeat; a thrashing.
  • n. (uncountable) A cooking technique in which air is incorporated into cream etc.
  • n. (countable) A cord or thread used to lash or bind something.
  • n. (nautical, whipping) The lashing of the end of a rope. (FM 55-501).
  • v. present participle of whip.

If you are interested in words, visit the following sites :




This web site uses cookies, click to know more.
© BJPR Internet technologies. Web site updated the March 20, 2019. Informations & Contacts