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club  (klb)
n.
1. A stout heavy stick, usually thicker at one end, suitable for use as a weapon; a cudgel.
2. Sports An implement used in some games to drive a ball, especially a stick with a protruding head used in golf.
3. Games
a. A black figure shaped like a trefoil or clover leaf on certain playing cards.
b. A playing card with this figure.
c. clubs (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The suit of cards represented by this figure.
4. A group of people organized for a common purpose, especially a group that meets regularly: a garden club.
5. The building, room, or other facility used for the meetings of an organized group.
6. Sports An athletic team or organization.
7. A nightclub.
v. clubbed, club·bing, clubs
v.tr.
1. To strike or beat with or as if with a club.
2. To use (a firearm) as a club by holding the barrel and hitting with the butt end.
3. To gather or combine (hair, for example) into a clublike mass.
4. To contribute to a joint or common purpose.
v.intr.
To join or combine for a common purpose; form a club.

[Middle English, from Old Norse klubba.]


club  /klb/  n. 1 a group of people who meet because of a common interest: He belongs to a book club that reads and discusses one book each month. 2 a social gathering place where people pay for sport, food, etc.: a tennis club 3 a long, round, thick stick used to hit people: Police officers carry billy clubs. 4 (in golf) a stick with a specially shaped head for hitting the ball 5 in the USA, a playing card with black cloverleafs on it

Thesaurus: club n. 1 a group, organization | guild 2 an association, union.
v. [T] clubbed, clubbing, clubs to strike with a club: Police clubbed the rioters. club

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