[{"word":"drubbing","phonetic":"/ˈdɹʌbɪŋ/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈdɹʌbɪŋ/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To beat (someone or something) with a stick.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To defeat someone soundly; to annihilate or crush.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To forcefully teach something.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To criticize harshly; to excoriate.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A severe beating.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"His mother gave him a drubbing after finding out he'd been stealing."},{"definition":"A thorough defeat.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The debate team got a drubbing from the competition."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/drub","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/drubbing"]}]