drubbing
/ˈdɹʌbɪŋ/noun, verb
drubbing is spelled D-R-U-B-B-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 76,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, drubbing means “A severe beating” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of drubbing is drubbings.
How many letters and syllables are in drubbing?
| Letters | 8: D-R-U-B-B-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 76,798th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is drubbing?
Drubbing appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 76,798th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce drubbing?
- /ˈdɹʌbɪŋ/
Drubbing has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-drubbing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of drubbing
- drubbings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does drubbing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A severe beating.
His mother gave him a drubbing after finding out he'd been stealing.
- 2
A thorough defeat.
The debate team got a drubbing from the competition.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of drub
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Drubbing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense severe beating:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does drubbing come from?
From drub + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).