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club
[ kluhb ]
noun
- a heavy stick, usually thicker at one end than at the other, suitable for use as a weapon; a cudgel.
- a group of persons organized for a social, literary, athletic, political, or other purpose:
They organized a computer club.
Synonyms: society, association
- the building or rooms occupied by such a group.
- an organization that offers its subscribers certain benefits, as discounts, bonuses, or interest, in return for regular purchases or payments:
a book club; a record club; a Christmas club.
Synonyms: society, association
- Sports.
- a stick or bat used to drive a ball in various games, as golf.
- a nightclub, especially one in which people dance to popular music, drink, and socialize:
Last night we went to all the clubs in town.
- a black trefoil-shaped figure on a playing card.
- a card bearing such figures.
- clubs, (used with a singular or plural verb) the suit so marked:
Clubs is trump. Clubs are trump.
- Nautical.
- a short spar attached to the end of a gaff to allow the clew of a gaff topsail to extend beyond the peak of the gaff.
- a short spar attached to the truck of a mast to support the upper part of a club topsail.
verb (used with object)
- to beat with or as with a club.
- to gather or form into a clublike mass.
- to unite; combine; join together.
- to contribute as one's share toward a joint expense; make up by joint contribution (often followed by up or together ):
They clubbed their dollars together to buy the expensive present.
- to defray by proportional shares.
- to hold (a rifle, shotgun, etc.) by the barrel, so as to use the stock as a club.
verb (used without object)
- Informal. to go to nightclubs, especially to dance, drink, and socialize:
The students at that university go clubbing every Friday night.
- to combine or join together, as for a common purpose.
- to attend a club or a club's activities.
- to gather into a mass.
- to contribute to a common fund.
- Nautical. to drift in a current with an anchor, usually rigged with a spring, dragging or dangling to reduce speed.
adjective
- of or relating to a club.
- consisting of a combination of foods offered at the price set on the menu:
They allow no substitutions on the club luncheon.
club
/ klʌb /
noun
- a stout stick, usually with one end thicker than the other, esp one used as a weapon
- a stick or bat used to strike the ball in various sports, esp golf See golf club
- short for Indian club
- a group or association of people with common aims or interests
a wine club
- the room, building, or facilities used by such a group
- ( in combination )
clubhouse
- a building in which elected, fee-paying members go to meet, dine, read, etc
- a commercial establishment in which people can drink and dance; disco See also nightclub
- an organization, esp in a shop, set up as a means of saving
- an informal word for friendly society
- the black trefoil symbol on a playing card
- a card with one or more of these symbols or ( when pl ) the suit of cards so marked
- nautical
- a spar used for extending the clew of a gaff topsail beyond the peak of the gaff
- short for club foot
- in the club slang.pregnant
- on the club slang.away from work due to sickness, esp when receiving sickness benefit
verb
- tr to beat with or as if with a club
- often foll by together to gather or become gathered into a group
- often foll by together to unite or combine (resources, efforts, etc) for a common purpose
- tr to use (a rifle or similar firearm) as a weapon by holding the barrel and hitting with the butt
- intr nautical to drift in a current, reducing speed by dragging anchor
Derived Forms
- ˈclubbing, noun
Other Words From
- inter·club adjective
- super·club noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of club1
Idioms and Phrases
see join the club .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
A running joke inside the tribe is that the group is like that club with a hundred people waiting outside to get in.
To my own surprise, last year I started a book club, which includes writers, editors and an agent.
So in America, “Havana Club” is made by Bacardi in Puerto Rico and can be found in five states.
It all has to do with a Cuban rum called Havana Club, which was first manufactured in the 19th century.
Julianne Moore and John Lithgow dance in a half empty club to weird ringtone muzak.
It was Wednesday night; over forty men sat down to the house-dinner at the Pandemonium Club.
In most club card-rooms smoking is not permitted, but at the Pandemonium it is the fashion to smoke everywhere.
But he forgot the stagnant town, the bald-headed man at the club window, the organ and "The Manola."
He kisses the top of her head lightly and goes round to the club fender, where he sits with his back to the fireplace.
He won't let her belong to a club—clubs are all very well for other women, but his wife is not as other women.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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