drub

verb (used with object), drubbed, drub·bing.

1. to beat with a stick or the like; cudgel; flog; thrash.
2. to defeat decisively, as in a game or contest.
3. to drive as if by flogging: Latin grammar was drubbed into their heads.
4. to stamp (the feet).

noun

5. a blow with a stick or the like.

verb drubs, drubbing or drubbed (tr)

1. to beat as with a stick; cudgel; club
2. to defeat utterly, as in a contest
3. to drum or stamp (the feet)
4. to instil with force or repetitionthe master drubbed Latin into the boys

noun

5. a blow, as from a stick