club
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English clubbe, from Old Norse klubba (“cudgel”), cognate with Old High German kolbo (“club”) and German Kolbe (“club”)
Noun [edit]
club (plural clubs)
- A heavy stick intended for use as a weapon.
- An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.
- (archaic) The fees associated with belonging to such a club.
- (Can we date this quote?) Benjamin Franklin:[1]
- He can have no right to the benefits of Society, who will not pay his Club towards the Support of it.
- (Can we date this quote?) Benjamin Franklin:[1]
- A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.
- L'Estrange
- They laid down the club.
- Samuel Pepys
- We dined at a French house, but paid ten shillings for our part of the club.
- L'Estrange
- An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.
- She was sitting in a jazz club, sipping wine and listening to a bass player's solo.
- 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.
- I've got only one club in my hand.
- An implement to hit the ball in some ballgames, e.g. golf.
- (humorous) Any set of people with a shared characteristic.
- You also hate Night Court? Join the club.
- Michael stood you up? Welcome to the club.
Synonyms [edit]
- cudgel wielded as a weapon
Derived terms [edit]
terms derived from club (noun)
Translations [edit]
weapon
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association of members
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nightclub
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playing card symbol, ♣
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hitting implement
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Verb [edit]
club (third-person singular simple present clubs, present participle clubbing, simple past and past participle clubbed)
- (transitive) to hit with a club.
- He clubbed the poor dog.
- (intransitive) To join together to form a group.
- Dryden
- Till grosser atoms, tumbling in the stream / Of fancy, madly met, and clubbed into a dream.
- Dryden
- (intransitive, transitive) To combine into a club-shaped mass.
- (intransitive) To go to nightclubs.
- We went clubbing in Ibiza.
- (intransitive) To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense.
- Jonathan Swift
- The owl, the raven, and the bat / Clubbed for a feather to his hat.
- Jonathan Swift
- (nautical) To drift in a current with an anchor out.
Translations [edit]
to hit with a club
to join together to form a group
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Anagrams [edit]
Catalan [edit]
Noun [edit]
club m (plural clubs)
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From English club
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
club m (plural clubs)
Synonyms [edit]
- (golf club): bâton (Quebec)
Italian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
English
Noun [edit]
club m (invariable)
- club (association; golf implement)
Spanish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From English club.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /kluβ/
Noun [edit]
club m (plural clubs or clubes)
- club (association)
Synonyms [edit]
- (association): asociación f, cofradía f, gremio m
Derived terms [edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English nouns
- English archaic terms
- English jocular terms
- English verbs
- en:Nautical
- en:Weapons
- Catalan nouns
- ca:Golf
- French terms derived from English
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- fr:Golf
- Italian terms derived from English
- Italian nouns
- Spanish terms derived from English
- Spanish nouns
