Synonyms for drub

Most common

cream · bat · lick · thrash

All synonyms

Verb

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To beat (someone or something) with a stick.

Related words

Word family

drubbing

Forms

Past participle

drubbed
e.g. drubbed → licked, thrashed, beaten, creamed…

Example sentences

• cream It was so hot that she felt like eating ice cream.
• bat You must be blind as a bat if you couldn't see it.
• lick Cats lick themselves to regulate their temperature.
• thrash If we don't get home now, your dad will thrash you!

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

bat¹, lam¹

4 letters

beat¹, whip¹, lick¹, cane¹, maul¹, pelt¹, flog¹

5 letters

cream¹, spank¹, flail¹, baste¹

6 letters

thrash¹, wallop², pommel², cudgel², thresh¹

7 letters

scourge¹, clobber², trounce¹

10 letters

flagellate³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (wallop² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

bâtonner

Italiano

bastonare

Español

apalear

Català

bastonejar