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 →

2) (old use) A drubbing can mean a crushing defeat in a contest. tree →

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 →
• The cat gave the fox a sound drubbing. tree →
• After the match, the losing team had a terrible drubbing. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «drubbing» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.