club

KLUB/klʌb/

Pluralclubs

Verbclubs, clubbing, clubbed

20 meanings of club

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organized groupnouncountable
A group of people who join together to share an activity, like a sport or hobby.
Like a team you sign up for because everyone enjoys the same thing.
She joined the chess club at her school.
The local cycling club organizes long rides on weekends.
UsageSay join a club or be in a club.
Similarsociety, association, group, circle, organization
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night spotnouncountable
A place where people go at night to dance, listen to music, and have drinks.
Like a party place with music and dancing that stays open late.
We danced at the club until two in the morning.
The new club downtown books live bands every weekend.
UsageSay go to a club or go clubbing.
Similarnightclub, cabaret, disco
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golf sticknouncountable
A long stick used to hit the ball in games like golf.
Like a bat, but used to hit a small ball toward a hole.
He swung the club and sent the ball down the fairway.
She picked the wrong club for such a short shot.
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go dancingverbintransitive
To go out to nightclubs to dance and have fun.
They club every Friday night downtown.
We went clubbing in the city last weekend.
UsageSay go clubbing.
Similarparty
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nounhumorouscountable
A group of people who all share the same situation or trait.
Welcome to the club of people who locked their keys in the car.
If you've burned dinner too, then you're in the club.
UsageSay join the club! when you have the same problem.
Similargroup, set, fraternity, brotherhood
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heavy sticknouncountable
A heavy stick used as a weapon to hit people or animals.
Like a thick stick swung the way you would swing a bat.
The guard carried a wooden club at his side.
He raised the club to defend himself.
Similarcudgel, bludgeon, truncheon, baton, stick
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verbtransitive
To hit someone or something with a heavy stick.
Fishermen club the fish to kill them quickly.
He clubbed the intruder with a baseball bat.
UsageWrite clubbed with two b's.
Similarbludgeon, beat, batter, cudgel, bash
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nouncountable
A playing card with a black three-leaf shape on it, or that shape.
Like one card pulled from the group that carries the clover shapes.
He played a club to win the round.
She held three clubs in her hand.
UsageSay the ace of clubs.
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sandwichnouncountable
A tall sandwich made with several layers of bread, meat, and other fillings.
Like a sandwich stacked up tall with lots of layers.
She ordered a club with fries for lunch.
The diner's club comes with three layers of toast.
UsageSay a turkey club.
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win easilyverbtransitive
To beat another team or person by a very large amount.
Like winning a game so easily it isn't even close.
Our team clubbed the visitors eight to one.
They club weaker sides almost every season.
Similarthrash, trounce, crush, rout, hammer
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gymnasticsnouncountable
A bottle-shaped stick swung and tossed in rhythmic gymnastics, used in pairs.
Like the pins a juggler throws and catches, but used in a dance routine.
In rhythmic gymnastics, she swung a club in each hand.
The gymnast spun both clubs in wide circles.
UsageSay a gymnast performs with clubs.
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verbintransitive
To join with others, each giving some money or help, to pay for or do something.
Like friends splitting a restaurant bill so no one pays it all.
We club together to pay for the team's new shirts.
My coworkers clubbed together to buy our boss a birthday cake.
UsageSay club together to buy something.
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13
nounarchaiccountable
Your share of money paid into a shared fund.
They laid down the Club.
1692, Roger L’Estrange, FablesHere, the club means each person's share of the shared cost.
17 Mat 1660, Samuel Pepys, diary first we went and dined at a French house , but paid 10s for our part of the club
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turn gun aroundverbtransitive
To flip a musket so the heavy end is up, using it to hit instead of shoot.
Like flipping a broom over to hit with the heavy end.
Out of bullets, the soldier clubbed his musket and swung at the attacker.
Out of powder, the old soldiers had to club their muskets and fight on.
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15
verbdated
To come together with others to make a group.
Till grosser atoms, tumbling in the stream / Of fancy, madly met, and clubb'd into a dream.
1687, [John Dryden], The Hind and the Panther
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verbrare
To come together into a thick, lumpy shape.
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nounrare
The extra slice of bread placed in the middle of a triple-decker sandwich.
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nounslang
The spinning blades at the front of an airplane that pull it forward.
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verbarchaic
To throw a group of soldiers into a confused, disordered state.
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.
1876, Major-General G. E. Voyle; Captain G. De Saint-Clair-Stevenson, F.R.G.S.
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verbarchaic
To drift with the water's flow while the anchor drags behind.

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Origin

This word came into English from an Old Norse word meaning a heavy stick or cudgel.

Checked 31 Oct 2026 · 2 facts

Club entered English from Old Norse. en.wiktionary.org
The Old Norse source word meant a heavy stick or cudgel. en.wiktionary.org