drub

 
Pronunciation: /drʌb/

verb (drubs, drubbing, drubbed)

[with object]
  • hit or beat (someone) repeatedly: he was drubbed with tiresome regularity by his classmates
  • informal defeat thoroughly in a match or contest: the Cleveland Indians drubbed Baltimore 9-0

Origin:

early 17th century: probably from Arabic ḍaraba 'to beat, bastinado'. The first recorded uses in English are by travellers in the Near East referring specifically to the punishment of bastinado