club
IPA: kɫˈʌb
noun
- An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.
- (archaic) The fees associated with belonging to such a club.
- A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.
- An implement to hit the ball in certain ball games, such as golf.
- A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.
- An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.
- (card games) A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.
- A playing card marked with such a symbol.
- (humorous) Any set of people with a shared characteristic.
- A club sandwich.
- The slice of bread in the middle of a club sandwich.
verb
- (transitive) To hit with a club.
- (intransitive) To join together to form a group.
- (intransitive, transitive) To combine into a club-shaped mass.
- (intransitive) To go to nightclubs.
- (intransitive) To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense.
- (transitive) To raise, or defray, by a proportional assessment.
- (nautical) To drift in a current with an anchor out.
- (military) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.
- (transitive) To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end.
- (transitive, military) To turn the breech of (a musket) uppermost, so as to use it as a club.
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Examples of "club" in Sentences
- The club retired a sweater at the first game.
- So the club is afflicted with the Rotor club.
- The advent of the professional game hit the club hard.
- The Arges volleyball club is from the first of the club.
- The elite of the Quebec society were members of the club.
- The game of rugby league was formed from the disaffected clubs.
- Finley resigned from the club prior to the last game of the season.
- The York Nomad Society is the hooligan firm associated with the club.
- The school offers a number of student clubs and extracurricular activities.
- The secretary of each society and hobby club is invariably one of the boys.
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