glee club

noun

1. a chorus organized for singing choral music.

glee club

noun

1. a club or society organized for the singing of choral music

Word History and Origins

Origin of glee club¹

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

But in Power 5 leagues like the Big Ten and Southeastern Conference, football is a billion-dollar business that looks more like the NFL than the glee club or other extracurricular activities on campus.

From Seattle Times

Ms. Turner played on the basketball team at Carver High School in the 1950s and pushed the glee club to a first-place trophy.

From New York Times

After she performed her first original song onstage with her high school glee club, she and her mother moved to Nashville when she was 15.

From New York Times

Hurston writes about Black language and about spirituals, which she felt had been shorn of their jagged qualities by “glee club” renditions.

From New York Times

Our review of “A Lingering Reek” warned of plot spoilers but neglected to include them: Clive hid the doorknobs; Aunt Janice is really Audrey’s nephew; and Doris murdered the glee club.

From Washington Post