Etymology

strub

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Today it means: To rob, plunder; clear out completely; to strip. Full definition →

Middle English strupen ← Old English *strȳpan
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  1. Old English · inherited from*strȳpan
  2. Middle English · inherited fromstrupen
  3. English todaystrub

Origin obscure. Perhaps from Middle English strupen, a variant of strepen (“to strip, rob, plunder”), from Old English *strȳpan (attested in Old English bestrȳpan (“to strip, rob, spoil, bereave”), whence English bestrip). More at strip.

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