often attributive
1
a
: a heavy usually tapering staff especially of wood wielded as a weapon
b
: a stick or bat used to hit a ball in any of various games
c
: something resembling a club
2
a
: a playing card marked with a stylized figure of a black clover
b
clubs plural in form but singular or plural in construction
: the suit comprising cards marked with clubs
3
a
: an association of persons for some common object usually jointly supported and meeting periodically
also
: a group identified by some common characteristic
nations in the nuclear club
b
: the meeting place of a club
lunch at the club
c
: an association of persons participating in a plan by which they agree to make regular payments or purchases in order to secure some advantage
d
e
: an athletic association or team
4
clubbed; clubbing
1
a
: to beat or strike with or as if with a club
b
: to gather into a club-shaped mass
clubbed her hair
2
a
: to unite or combine for a common cause
b
: to contribute to a common fund
Synonyms
Examples of club in a Sentence
Noun
Do you belong to any clubs?
I'll see you at the club.
the president of a major-league baseball club
He spent five years with the club.
Join our movie club now and receive four free DVDs.
Verb
They clubbed him with a baseball bat.
clubbed together to share their love of model rockets
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Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
The new private members’ club has quickly become a hot spot for A-listers like Taylor Swift and Zoë Kravitz.
—Emily Burns, WWD, 22 Nov. 2024
Laura Bradley, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2024
Noel yells at them to leave, starting a row that ends with Noel clubbing his younger brother on the head with a cricket bat.
—Matthew Ismael Ruiz, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024
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Noun
Bartomeu's overspending on the likes of Antoine Griezmann, Ousmane Dembele and Philippe Coutinho with the Neymar money and then some helped put the club on the brink of financial ruin alongside a lack of income such as matchday revenue when the pandemic took hold.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
The new private members’ club has quickly become a hot spot for A-listers like Taylor Swift and Zoë Kravitz.
—Emily Burns, WWD, 22 Nov. 2024
Verb
Instead, these soon-to-be-newlyweds ride in limos and go clubbing with their respective pod squads before both parties unite into one big mixer — at which point Fernanda and Gerardo begin complaining about each other to anyone who’ll listen.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2024
Noel yells at them to leave, starting a row that ends with Noel clubbing his younger brother on the head with a cricket bat.
—Matthew Ismael Ruiz, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024
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“Club.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/club. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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club
1 of 2 noun1
a
: a heavy usually wooden stick used as a weapon
b
: a stick or bat used for hitting a ball in a game
a golf club
2
a
: a black figure resembling a clover leaf used to distinguish a suit of playing cards
b
: a card of the suit bearing clubs
3
a
: a group of people associated because of a common interest
b
: the meeting place of a club
c
club
2 of 2 verb
clubbed; clubbing
1
: to beat or strike with or as if with a club
2
: to unite or combine for a common cause
club together to buy a boat
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