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# drubbing

«drubbing» in Mova's school dictionary: **a hard beating, given as a punishment or in a fight** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (drubbing, drubbings)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A drubbing is a hard beating, given as a punishment or in a fight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drubbing/#m1)

2) (old use) A drubbing can mean a crushing defeat in a contest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drubbing/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales, a hard beating given to a cheeky or lazy person, often by a father or a master

### examples

- The naughty boy got a drubbing from his angry father. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drubbing/#x1)
- The cat gave the fox a sound drubbing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drubbing/#x2)
- After the match, the losing team had a terrible drubbing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drubbing/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «drubbing» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drubbing/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.