# clubs

Pronunciation: US say "KLUBZ" /klʌbz/; UK

## Noun

1. Plural of club. — plural of club
   - Simple: Plural of club. Use it when you mean more than one club.
   - _Police recovered two wooden clubs from the scene of the brawl._
   - _Many freshmen join clubs in their first month to make new friends._
2. One of the four suits in a deck of playing cards, identified by the symbol ♣.
   - Simple: One of the four suits in a deck of cards, marked with a black ♣ symbol.
   - _He held three high clubs and a pair of kings._
   - _The dealer turned over the queen of clubs as the final card._
4. A rhythmic gymnastics apparatus consisting of a matched pair of handheld clubs.
   - Simple: In rhythmic gymnastics, a piece of equipment made up of a matched pair of small clubs.
   - _He dropped one of his clubs during the final throw of the set._
   - _The judges inspected the clubs for damage before the routine began._
5. A rhythmic gymnastics program choreographed and performed with the pair of clubs as the chosen apparatus.
   - Simple: In rhythmic gymnastics, a routine that a gymnast performs using clubs.
   - _Her clubs featured three high tosses and a blind catch behind the back._
   - _The crowd applauded as she finished her clubs without a single drop._
6. Alternative form of clumps. — Alternative form of clumps (“game of asking questions”).
   - Simple: Alternative form of clumps. It names a game where people ask questions to guess a secret word.
   - _We played clubs by the fire, firing questions at Aunt Ruth and Dad until someone worked out that they had chosen the Eiffel Tower._
   - _Twenty questions into a round of clubs, the guessers finally discovered that the hidden object was a teapot._

## Verb

3. Third-person singular simple present indicative of club. — third-person singular simple present indicative of club
   - Simple: The form of club used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.
   - _The poacher clubs the animal and drags it into the brush._
   - _In the legend, the giant clubs the castle gate to splinters._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/clubs (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).