drub – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to drub
Participle: drubbed
Gerund: drubbing

Cognates

-

Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	drub
we	Let's drub
you	drub

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

beat

flog, thrash, cudgel, cane, whip

Antonyms

beat

stroke, pat, shelter, protect

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. 1625, of uncertain origin:
2. * Perhaps from Arabic ضَرَبَ (ḍaraba, “to beat, hit”),
3. * or perhaps originally from a dialectal word (Kent) drab, variant of drop, dryp, drib (“to beat”), from Middle English drepen (preterit drop, drap, drape (“struck, killed”)) from Old English drepan (“to strike”), from Proto-West Germanic *drepan, from Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to beat, bump, strike, slay”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreb⁽ʰ⁾- (“to strike, crush, kill”).
4. * Linguist Guus Kroonen suggests that it reflects the Proto-Germanic verb *drubbōną, iterative to *drabaną (“to hit, hew”), as found in Norwegian drubbe, drubba (“to hit hard, strike with force, kill”).
5. Compare also Old Frisian drop (“a blow, beat”), Old High German treffan (“to hit, strike”), Old Norse drepa (“to strike, slay, kill”), Swedish drabba (“to hit, strike”). Compare also dub. More at drape. See: Middle English 'drepen', Old English 'drepan', Proto-Germanic '*drepaną', Old High German 'treffan', Swedish 'drabba'.

Verbs referencing "drub"

English drape, French draper, Norwegian, nynorsk drepa, German, old spelling treffen, Norwegian drepe, Swedish drabba.

Sample Sentences