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Club

//klʌb// noun, verb, slang

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Noun

1
A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything. countable
"There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,[…], and all these articles[…] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished."
2
a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink wordnet
3
A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.; An implement to hit the ball in certain ball games, such as golf. countable
4
stout stick that is larger at one end wordnet
5
A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.; An item used during routines, the apparatus consisting of a set of two clubs. countable

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6
a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it wordnet
7
An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation. countable
"At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.[…]In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass."
8
a building that is occupied by a social club wordnet
9
An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.; The fees associated with belonging to such a club. archaic, countable
"He can have no right to the benefits of Society, who will not pay his Club towards the Support of it."
10
golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball wordnet
11
A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.
"They laid down the Club."
12
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together wordnet
13
An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.
"She was sitting in a jazz club, sipping wine and listening to a bass player's solo."
14
a formal association of people with similar interests wordnet
15
A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.
16
A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.; A playing card marked with such a symbol.
"I've got only one club in my hand."
17
Any set of people with a shared characteristic. humorous
"You also hate Night Court? Join the club."
18
A club sandwich.
"Crab cake sandwiches, tuna melts, chicken clubs, salmon cakes, and prime-rib sandwiches are usually on the menu."
19
The slice of bread in the middle of a club sandwich.
20
The propeller of an aeroplane. slang

Verb

1
To hit with a club. transitive
"He clubbed the poor dog."
2
gather into a club-like mass wordnet
3
To score a victory over by a large margin.
"[Andy] Murray dropped serve only once in the match, in the 10th game of the third set, and was simply too good for [Stan] Wawrinka, who was left confused by the variety, inventiveness and power hitting of Murray from deep in the court as an opponent who clubbed [Novak] Djokovic in last year's final was simply overwhelmed despite the Parisian crowd attempting to inspire a comeback."
4
strike with a club or a bludgeon wordnet
5
To join together to form a group. intransitive
"Till grosser atoms, tumbling in the stream / Of fancy, madly met, and clubb'd into a dream."

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gather and spend time together wordnet
7
To combine into a club-shaped mass. intransitive, transitive
"a medical condition with clubbing of the fingers and toes"
8
unite with a common purpose wordnet
9
To go to nightclubs. intransitive
"We went clubbing in Ibiza."
10
To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense. intransitive
"The owl, the raven, and the bat / Clubb'd for a feather to his hat."
11
To raise, or defray, by a proportional assessment. transitive
"to club the expense"
12
To drift in a current with an anchor out.
13
To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.
"To club a battalion implies a temporary inability in the commanding officer to restore any given body of men to their natural front in line or column."
14
To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end. transitive
"to club exertions"
15
To turn the breech of (a musket) uppermost, so as to use it as a club. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English clubbe, from Old Norse klubba, klumba (“cudgel”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“clip, clasp; clump, lump; log, block”). Cognate with English clump, cloud, Latin globus, glomus; and perhaps related to Middle Low German kolve (“bulb”), German Kolben (“butt, bulb, club”).

Etymology 2

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