noun

a beating; a thrashing.

I’ll give the scoundrels a drubbing if I can!

beating,thrashing,walloping,thumping,battering,pounding,pummelling,slapping,smacking,punching,bludgeoning,thwacking,cuffing,buffeting,mauling,pelting,lambasting,whipping,flogging,flaying,birching,cudgelling,clubbing,hammering,licking,clobbering,belting,bashing,pasting,whacking,slugging,tanning,biffing,bopping,hiding,beating-up,duffing-up,doing-over,working-over,kicking