- club
- [[t]klʌ̱b[/t]]
♦clubs, clubbing, clubbed1) N-COUNT A club is an organization of people interested in a particular activity or subject who usually meet on a regular basis.
...the Chorlton Conservative Club.
...a youth club...
He was club secretary.
2) N-COUNT: oft poss N A club is a place where the members of a club meet.I stopped in at the club for a drink.
3) N-COUNT A club is a team which competes in sporting competitions....the New York Yankees baseball club.
...Liverpool football club.
4) N-COUNT A club is the same as a nightclub.It's a big dance hit in the clubs.
...the London club scene.
5) N-COUNT A club is a long, thin, metal stick with a piece of wood or metal at one end that you use to hit the ball in golf....a six-iron club.
Syn:6) N-COUNT A club is a thick heavy stick that can be used as a weapon.Men armed with knives and clubs attacked his home.
7) VERB To club a person or animal means to hit them hard with a thick heavy stick or a similar weapon.[V n] Two thugs clubbed him with baseball bats...
[V n to n] Clubbing baby seals to death for their pelts is wrong.
8) N-UNCOUNT-COLL Clubs is one of the four suits in a pack of playing cards. Each card in the suit is marked with one or more black symbols: ♣....the ace of clubs.
Phrasal Verbs:N-COUNTA club is a playing card of this suit.The next player discarded a club.
English dictionary. 2008.
