club

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English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

From Middle English clubbe, from Old Norse klubba (cudgel), cognate with Old High German kolbo (club) and German Kolbe (club)

Noun [edit]

A law enforcement baton

club (plural clubs)

  1. A heavy stick intended for use as a weapon.
  2. An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.
  3. (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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.
  7. A playing card marked with such a symbol.
    I've got only one club in my hand.
  8. An implement to hit the ball in some ballgames, e.g. golf.
  9. (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.

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Verb [edit]

club (third-person singular simple present clubs, present participle clubbing, simple past and past participle clubbed)

  1. (transitive) to hit with a club.
    He clubbed the poor dog.
  2. (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.
  3. (intransitive, transitive) To combine into a club-shaped mass.
  4. (intransitive) To go to nightclubs.
    We went clubbing in Ibiza.
  5. (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.
  6. (nautical) To drift in a current with an anchor out.

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Noun [edit]

club m (plural clubs)

  1. club (association)
  2. (golf) club

French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From English club

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (France) IPA: /klœb/
  • (Quebec) IPA: /klʏb/
  • (file)

Noun [edit]

club m (plural clubs)

  1. club (association)
  2. (golf) club

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  • (golf club): bâton (Quebec)

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English

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club m (invariable)

  1. club (association; golf implement)

Spanish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From English club.

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club m (plural clubs or clubes)

  1. club (association)

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