Words: drub [AHED]

TRANSITIVE VERB: 1. To thrash with a stick. 2. To instill forcefully: drubbed the lesson into my head. 3a. To defeat soundly. b. To berate harshly. 4. To stamp (the feet).
INTRANSITIVE VERB: 1. To beat the ground; stamp. 2. To pound; throb.
NOUN: A blow with a heavy instrument, such as a stick.
ETYMOLOGY: Perhaps Arabic dialectal darab, from daraba, to hit.
OTHER FORMS: drubber —NOUN