CLUB (clubbed, clubbing)

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Irregular inflected forms: clubbed    , clubbing   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does club mean? 

• CLUB (noun)
  The noun CLUB has 7 senses:

1. a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together

2. a formal association of people with similar interests

3. stout stick that is larger at one end

4. a building that is occupied by a social club

5. golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball

6. a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it

7. a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink

  Familiarity information: CLUB used as a noun is common.

• CLUB (verb)
  The verb CLUB has 4 senses:

1. unite with a common purpose

2. gather and spend time together

3. strike with a club or a bludgeon

4. gather into a club-like mass

  Familiarity information: CLUB used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLUB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A team of professional baseball players who play and travel together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

ball club; baseball club; club; nine

Context example:

each club played six home games with teams in its own division

Hypernyms ("club" is a kind of...):

baseball team (a team that plays baseball)

Holonyms ("club" is a member of...):

baseball league (a league of baseball teams)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A formal association of people with similar interests

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

club; gild; guild; lodge; order; social club; society

Context example:

men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today

Hypernyms ("club" is a kind of...):

association (a formal organization of people or groups of people)

Meronyms (members of "club"):

club member (someone who is a member of a club)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "club"):

service club (a club of professional or business people organized for their coordination and active in public services)

boat club; yacht club (club that promotes and supports yachting and boating)

turnverein (a club of tumblers or gymnasts)

sorority (a social club for female undergraduates)

slate club (a group of people who save money in a common fund for a specific purpose (usually distributed at Christmas))

rowing club (a club for rowers)

racket club (club for players of racket sports)

jockey club (a club to promote and regulate horse racing)

investors club (a club of small investors who buy and sell securities jointly)

hunt; hunt club (an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport)

golf club (a club of people to play golf)

glee club (a club organized to sing together)

frat; fraternity (a social club for male undergraduates)

country club (a suburban club for recreation and socializing)

chess club (a club of people to play chess)

chapter (a local branch of some fraternity or association)

bookclub (a club that people join in order to buy selected books at reduced prices)

athenaeum; atheneum (a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning)

Derivation:

club (gather and spend time together)

club (unite with a common purpose)

clubby (befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Stout stick that is larger at one end

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

he felt as if he had been hit with a club

Hypernyms ("club" is a kind of...):

stick (an implement consisting of a length of wood)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "club"):

bat (a club used for hitting a ball in various games)

bludgeon (a club used as a weapon)

cudgel (a club that is used as a weapon)

Indian club (a bottle-shaped club used in exercises)

knobkerrie; knobkerry (a short wooden club with a heavy knob on one end; used by aborigines in southern Africa)

lathee; lathi (club consisting of a heavy stick (often bamboo) bound with iron; used by police in India)

baton; billy; billy club; billystick; nightstick; truncheon (a short stout club used primarily by policemen)

Derivation:

club (strike with a club or a bludgeon)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A building that is occupied by a social club

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

club; clubhouse

Context example:

the clubhouse needed a new roof

Hypernyms ("club" is a kind of...):

building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)

Meronyms (parts of "club"):

clubroom (a room used for the activities of a club)

reading room (a room set aside for reading)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

club; golf-club; golf club; golfclub

Hypernyms ("club" is a kind of...):

golf equipment (sports equipment used in playing golf)

Meronyms (parts of "club"):

club-head; club head; clubhead; golf-club head ((golf) the head of the club which strikes the ball)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "club"):

wood (a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head)

iron (a golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head)

Derivation:

club (strike with a club or a bludgeon)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

clubs were trumps

Hypernyms ("club" is a kind of...):

playing card (one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games)

Holonyms ("club" is a member of...):

minor suit (( bridge) a suit of inferior scoring value, either diamonds or clubs)

Sense 7

Meaning:

A spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cabaret; club; night club; nightclub; nightspot

Context example:

he played the drums at a jazz club

Hypernyms ("club" is a kind of...):

spot (a business establishment for entertainment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "club"):

supper club (usually a small luxurious nightclub)

dive; honkytonk (a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall)

• CLUB (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they club    ... he / she / it clubs   
Past simple: clubbed   
Past participle: clubbed   
-ing form: clubbing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Unite with a common purpose

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

The two men clubbed together

Hypernyms (to "club" is one way to...):

unify; unite (act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

club (a formal association of people with similar interests)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Gather and spend time together

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

They always club together

Hypernyms (to "club" is one way to...):

assemble; foregather; forgather; gather; meet (collect in one place)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

club (a formal association of people with similar interests)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Strike with a club or a bludgeon

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

bludgeon; club

Hypernyms (to "club" is one way to...):

hit (deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The fighter managed to club his opponent

Derivation:

club (stout stick that is larger at one end)

club (golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Gather into a club-like mass

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

club hair

Hypernyms (to "club" is one way to...):

collect; garner; gather; pull together (assemble or get together)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

“What I need is a longer club. And there’s that broken oar ready to hand.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

This year our good host, Windigate by name, instituted a goose club, by which, on consideration of some few pence every week, we were each to receive a bird at Christmas.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It is the law the man gave to the dog, and the dog must live to the law, else will it suffer the pain of the club.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

An oath from Perrault, the resounding impact of a club upon a bony frame, and a shrill yelp of pain, heralded the breaking forth of pandemonium.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

“Indeed, my fair sir, you speak sooth,” quoth he with the club, while the other seated himself once more by the wayside.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Keep a finger for each, or you will have your reins clubbed,” said he.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You are a ‘good old sport’ ‘quite a decent fellow for a German,’ a hard-drinking, night-club, knock-about-town, devil-may-care young fellow.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Clubbing has been noted with a wide variety of conditions, including pulmonary and cardiac diseases, liver disorders, and disorders of the gastrointestinal tract.

(Clubbing of Fingers, NCI Thesaurus)

The term club drug refers to a wide variety of dangerous drugs.

(Club Drugs, NIH: National Institute on Drug Abuse)

The "club sandwich" findings suggest otherwise: the first layer on top of the rocky core might be salty water.

(Ganymede may harbor 'club sandwich' of oceans and ice, NASA)