the Malign fantasy

[David Morris]

Main Entry: drub
Pronunciation: 'dr&b
Function: verb
Etymology: perhaps from Arabic daraba
Date: 1634
Inflected Form(s): drubbed; drub.bing
transitive senses
1 : to beat severely
2 : to abuse with words : BERATE
3 : to defeat decisively
intransitive senses : DRUM, STAMP
- drub.ber noun
- drub.bing noun

Doug likes #2.

--- Doug Millison <millison at online-journalist.com> wrote:
> http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=drubbing
> 
> drub (drb)
>   v. drubbed, drub·bing, drubs.
>   v. tr.
>   1.To thrash with a stick.
>   2.To instill forcefully: drubbed the lesson into my head.
> 3.
> a.To defeat emphatically.
> b.To berate harshly.
>   4.To stamp (the feet).
> 
>   v. intr.
>   1.To beat the ground; stamp.
>   2.To pound; throb.
> 
>   n.
> A blow with a heavy instrument, such as a stick.
> 
> 
> If you're going to play the dictionary game, maybe you should 
> consider reading all the meanings of the word next time.
> The word choice and the fantasy remain Malign's, and pathetically so.
> 
> -- 
> d  o  u  g    m  i  l  l  i  s  o  n  <http://www.online-journalist.com>


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