Club

/klʌb/ · noun

Meaning

(countable) A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything..

Definitions by Sense

1. (countable) A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.
2. (countable) An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.
3. A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.
4. An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.
5. (card games) A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.
6. (humorous) Any set of people with a shared characteristic.
7. A club sandwich.
8. The slice of bread in the middle of a club sandwich.

Example Sentences

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.

The attack also afforded Helena to a front-seat view of literal air-to-air melee combat, as one Wildcat pilot of the Cactus Air Force, who was swooping in to help break up the attack, found himself out of machine-gun ammo; instead, he dropped his landing gear, positioned himself above the nearest bomber, and begun beating it to death, in midair, using his landing gear as clubs. After a bit of evasive action that the fighter easily kept up with, the repeated slamming broke something important, and the bomber spiralled down into the sea.

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.

17 Mat 1660, Samuel Pepys, diary first we went and dined at a French house , but paid 10s for our part of the club

They laid down the Club.

She was sitting in a jazz club, sipping wine and listening to a bass player's solo.

You also hate Night Court? Join the club.

Michael stood you up? Welcome to the club.

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Word Forms

• clubs
• clubbing
• clubbed

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