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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

drub

/dɹʌb/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.34 in modern English

Syllables
drub
IPA
/dɹʌb/
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Carbonaceous shale; small coal; slate, dross, or rubbish in coal.

Uncountable

verb

To beat (someone or something) with a stick.

Transitive verb

verb

To defeat someone soundly; to annihilate or crush.

Transitive verb

verb

To forcefully teach something.

Transitive verb

verb

To criticize harshly; to excoriate.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English *drob, drof, from Old English *drōb, drōf (“turbid; dreggy; dirty”), from Proto-West Germanic *drōbī, from Proto-Germanic *drōbuz (“turbid”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *drob, *drōb, *drōbī, *drōbuz, drepen, drepan

Usage

Inflected Forms

drubs (plural) drubs (present, singular) drubbing (participle, present) drubbed (participle, past) drubbed (past)

Derived Forms

drubly drubber drubbing

Synonyms

cream bat clobber thrash lick

Rhymes With

club sub pub hub rub tub scrub dub cub shrub grub stub

Questions

How do you pronounce drub?
The recorded pronunciation is /dɹʌb/.
What does drub mean?
Carbonaceous shale; small coal; slate, dross, or rubbish in coal.
Where does drub come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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