clubbing

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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