drub

Etymology 1
From, , from , , from , from.

Noun

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

Etymology 2
1625, of origin:


 * Perhaps from ,


 * or perhaps originally from a dialectal word (Kent), variant of , from (preterit ) from , from , from , from.


 * Linguist Guus Kroonen suggests that it reflects the Proto-Germanic verb, iterative to , as found in 🇨🇬.

Akin to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Compare also. More at.

Verb

 * 1) To beat (someone or something) with a stick.
 * 2) To defeat someone soundly; to annihilate or crush.
 * 3) To forcefully teach something.
 * 4) To criticize harshly; to excoriate.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Danish:, prygle,
 * Esperanto: bastoni
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Irish: greasáil, gread
 * Italian: ,
 * Latin: battuo, fustigo
 * Norman: quétilyi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: