1. a severe beating or defeat
Usage: informal

Examples

• The home team gave their rivals a real drubbing.
• After the drubbing in the election, the party had to rethink its strategy.
• The chess master delivered a drubbing to his young opponent.
• The critics gave the new movie a drubbing in their reviews.
• Our basketball team took a drubbing in the championship game.
• The stock market took a drubbing after the economic news broke.