— drubber , n.
/drub/ , v. , drubbed, drubbing , n.
v.t.
1. to beat with a stick or the like; cudgel; flog; thrash.
2. to defeat decisively, as in a game or contest.
3. to drive as if by flogging: Latin grammar was drubbed into their heads.
4. to stamp (the feet).
n.
5. a blow with a stick or the like.
[ 1625-35; perh. by uncert. mediation darb blow, beating ]