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Meanings of drubbing in English

Portuguese
surra
Catalan
estomacada
Spanish
paliza

A sound defeat.

      surra
      Usage of drubbing in English
      1
      But, in two areas at least, I received a fairly serious drubbing.
      The Irish Times
      2
      Ninety minutes for the paymaster to give the profligate state a drubbing.
      Reuters
      3
      DUBLIN Irish banks took a drubbing as investors swerved the sector generally.
      The Irish Times
      4
      Their withdrawal comes just days after the Leinster semi-final drubbing by Offaly.
      The Irish Times
      5
      A second successive drubbing from Modi prompted calls for Gandhi to quit.
      Reuters
      6
      When Harrison angrily refused, the shoemaker proceeded to give him a drubbing.
      Watch Yourself Go By
      7
      They're still sore over the terrible drubbing Allandale gave them last summer.
      The Chums of Scranton High / Or, Hugh Morgan's Uphill Fight
      8
      Ashes drubbing for Aussies Two down, and just the eight to go.
      The Guardian
      9
      The reaction to the All Black drubbing of Les Bleus in Cardiff.
      Radio NZ
      10
      Aranas is understood to have taken a drubbing in the Dublin office market.
      The Irish Times
      11
      On a global median, however, it's nothing less than a drubbing.
      The South African
      12
      David Clark has been given a public drubbing, stripped of… Audio
      Radio NZ
      13
      Paddy Agnewassesses the press reaction in Italy after AC Milan's drubbing by United.
      The Irish Times
      14
      After a drubbing by Empire State Democrats, his fate was sealed.
      The Guardian
      15
      Roy got back in his time, cooked the dinner, and had no drubbing.
      The Forest Lovers
      16
      Laois travel north still unnerved by that 18-pt drubbing meted out by Waterford.
      The Irish Times
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      Translations for drubbing
      Portuguese
      surra
      Spanish
      paliza
      Drubbing through the time
      Drubbing across language varieties
      Ireland
      Common
      United States of America
      Less common
      United Kingdom
      Less common