Drub — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪmˈɛɹaɪzɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/dɹˈʌb/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɹˈʌb/

1 syllable Say it as /ɪmˈɛɹaɪzɪŋ/.

Examples

We licked the other team on Sunday!

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

lick bat cream thrash clobber

Parts of Speech

verb	beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight “We licked the other team on Sunday!”

Word Forms

drubbing	noun	a sound defeat
thrashing	noun	a sound defeat

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

rosser

battre de manière approfondie et concluante dans une compétition ou un combat

🇪🇸Spanish

apaleo

vencer de manera completa y concluyente en una competencia o pelea

🇮🇹Italian

fatica

battere in modo completo e definitivo in una competizione o in un combattimento

🇳🇱Dutch

dreun

grondig en overtuigend te verslaan in een competitie of gevecht

🇵🇹Portuguese

bater

vencer completa e conclusivamente em uma competição ou luta

🇷🇺Russian

бить

победить полностью и убедительно в соревновании или бою

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बेंत से मारना

किसी प्रतियोगिता या लड़ाई में पूरी तरह और निर्णायक रूप से हराना

🇮🇳Tamil

துருப்பு

ஒரு போட்டியில் அல்லது சண்டையில் முழுமையாகவும் உறுதியாகவும் வெல்லுங்கள்

🇮🇳Telugu

డ్రబ్

పోటీ లేదా పోరాటంలో పూర్తిగా మరియు నిశ్చయంగా ఓడించండి

🇮🇳Marathi

ड्रब

स्पर्धा किंवा लढ्यात पूर्णपणे आणि निर्णायकपणे पराभूत करा

🇮🇳Gujarati

ડ્રબ

સ્પર્ધા અથવા લડાઈમાં સંપૂર્ણ અને નિર્ણાયક રીતે હરાવવું

🇮🇳Kannada

ಡ್ರಬ್

ಸ್ಪರ್ಧೆ ಅಥವಾ ಹೋರಾಟದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿ ಮತ್ತು ನಿರ್ಣಾಯಕವಾಗಿ ಸೋಲಿಸಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഡ്രബ്

ഒരു മത്സരത്തിലോ പോരാട്ടത്തിലോ സമഗ്രമായും നിർണായകമായും തോൽപ്പിക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਡਰਬ

ਇੱਕ ਮੁਕਾਬਲੇ ਜਾਂ ਲੜਾਈ ਵਿੱਚ ਚੰਗੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਸਿੱਟੇ ਵਜੋਂ ਹਰਾਓ

🇵🇰Urdu

ڈرب

مقابلہ یا لڑائی میں اچھی طرح اور حتمی طور پر شکست دینا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

德鲁布

在比赛或战斗中彻底彻底地击败

🇯🇵Japanese

鈍い

競争や戦いで徹底的かつ決定的に勝つ

🇰🇷Korean

때리다

경쟁이나 싸움에서 철저하고 결정적으로 승리하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

thoi

đánh triệt để và dứt khoát trong một cuộc thi đấu hoặc đánh nhau

🇹🇭Thai

ดรับ

เอาชนะให้ละเอียดและเด็ดขาดในการแข่งขันหรือการต่อสู้

🇮🇩Indonesian

mengalahkan

mengalahkan secara menyeluruh dan meyakinkan dalam kompetisi atau pertarungan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

درب

فاز بشكل شامل وحاسم في المنافسة أو القتال

🇮🇷Persian

دراب

در یک مسابقه یا مبارزه به طور کامل و قطعی ضرب کنید

🇹🇷Turkish

sıkıcı

bir müsabakada veya dövüşte iyice ve kesin bir şekilde yenmek

🇮🇱Hebrew

דראב

לנצח באופן יסודי ומוחלט בתחרות או בקרב

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