clubbing

See also: Clubbing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklʌbɪŋ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ʌbɪŋ

Verb

clubbing

1. present participle and gerund of club

Noun

clubbing (countable and uncountable, plural clubbings)

1. (countable) An instance of using a club.

   There was an outbreak of near-fatal clubbings in that area.

   • 2009 February 22, Kevin Baker, “Blood on the Street”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 25 January 2021:

     Efforts to unionize were routinely met with clubbings, shootings, jailings, blacklistings and executions, perpetrated not only by well-armed legions of company goons, but also by police officers, deputies, National Guardsmen and even regular soldiers.

2. (countable, medicine) A thickening of the ends of fingers and toes.
3. (uncountable) The practice of frequenting nightclubs.

   We're going clubbing tonight.

   I don't like clubbing.

   • 2025 December 3, Jasmin Sykes, “Bass without the booze: why people are partying sober”, in CNN‎^[2], archived from the original on 3 December 2025:

     Founded in 2022, the House of Happiness markets itself as “London’s ultimate sober clubbing extravaganza.” It’s one of a growing number of events looking to provide a “nightlife-style” space for those who don’t want to drink but still want to party.

4. The development of clubroot in a plant.

Derived terms

• pseudoclubbing

Related terms

• clubber
• clubgoer

Translations

(countable) instance of using a club

• Georgian: ქლაბინგი (klabingi) (colloquial)

(medicine) thickening of the ends of fingers and toes

• Spanish: acropaquia
• Turkish: clubbing (klubing), çomak parmak

(uncountable) practice of frequenting nightclubs

• Finnish: kerhojen kiertely
• German: Clubbing (de) n
• Norman: clob'thie f
• Polish: clubbing m
• Portuguese: balada (pt)
• Spanish: clubbing (es) m

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English clubbing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkla.biŋk/
• Rhymes: -abiŋk
• Syllabification: clu‧bbing

Noun

clubbing m inan

1. (colloquial) clubbing (practice of frequenting nightclubs)

Declension

Declension of clubbing

	singular
nominative	clubbing
genitive	clubbingu
dative	clubbingowi
accusative	clubbing
instrumental	clubbingiem
locative	clubbingu
vocative	clubbingu

Further reading

• “clubbing”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “clubbing”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

Spanish

Noun

clubbing m (plural clubbings)

1. clubbing