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Variant of club

club Definition

club (klub)

noun

    1. a heavy stick, usually thinner at one end, used as a weapon
    2. anything used to threaten or coerce
    1. golf club
    2. Indian club
  1. a group of people associated for a common purpose or mutual advantage, usually in an organization that meets regularly
  2. the room, building, or facilities used by such a group
    1. an organization that owns, controls, or sponsors an athletic team
    2. the team playing for or representing such an organization
  3. a nightclub
    1. any of a suit of playing cards marked with black figures shaped like a cloverleaf (♣)
    2. this suit of cards

Etymology: ME clubbe < ON klubba, cudgel < IE *geleb(h)- < base *gel-, form a ball > climb, calf

transitive verb clubbed, clubbing club′·bing

  1. to beat or strike as with a club
  2. to combine or pool (resources, etc.) for a common purpose
  3. to unite for a common purpose
  4. to use (a rifle or the like) as a club by hitting with the butt end

intransitive verb

  1. to unite or combine for a common purpose
  2. Rare to form into a clublike mass

Browse dictionary entries near clubbing

  1. clubbiest
  2. clubbier
  3. clubbed
  4. clubbable
  5. clubable
  6. club steak
  7. club soda
  8. club sandwich
  9. club root
  10. club moss
  1. clubby
  2. clubfeet
  3. clubfoot
  4. clubfooted
  5. clubhand
  6. clubhaul
  7. clubhouse
  8. clubman
  9. clubmen
  10. clubroom