Meaning of club | Babel Free

Definitions

1. club (an association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation)
2. A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.
   countable
3. A group of people united in a relationship and having some interest, activity, or purpose in common:association, confederation, congress, federation, fellowship, fraternity, guild, league, order, organization, society, sorority, union.
4. An implement to hit the ball in certain ball games, such as golf.
   countable
5. to beat or strike with a club. They clubbed him to death. slaan يَضْرِبُ بالعَصا/ الهراوَه налагам espancar (u)bít (kyjem, klackem) schlagen slå ned; slå ned med kølle χτυπώ με ρόπαλο aporrear nuiaga materdama با چماق زدن hakata nuijalla matraquer לְהַכּוֹת בְּאָלָה डण्डे से पीटना udariti, tući bunkósbottal (meg)üt memukuli lemja, berja bastonare こん棒で打つ 곤봉으로 때리다 (su)mušti (lazdomis) sist (ar rungu, nūju) memukul knuppelenslå med kølle, klubbe (za)pałować, (za)tłuc pałką په چماق وهل espancar a...
6. An item used during routines, the apparatus consisting of a set of two clubs.
   countable
7. (sometimes treated as noun singular) one of the four card suits which is black and shaped like a clover. the six of clubs. klawer السِّباتي (في وَرَق اللَّعِب) спатия paus kříže Kreuz, Treff, Eichel klør σπαθιάtrébol risti گشنیز risti trèfle קְלָף תִלתָן ताश में चिड़िया का पत्ता donjak (karta) treff kartu klaver lauf fiori クラブの組み札 (카드의) 클럽 kryžiai, gilės kreicis (kāršu spēlē) kelawar klaverenkløver trefle گشنیز paus treflă трефы kríž križ (pri kartah) tref klöver ไพ่ดอกจิก sinek, ispati (紙牌)梅...
   noun singular
8. An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.
   countable
9. A stout heavy stick, usually thicker at one end, suitable for use as a weapon; a cudgel.
10. The fees associated with belonging to such a club.
    archaic, countable
11. Games a. A black figure shaped like a trefoil or clover leaf on certain playing cards.
    Games
12. A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.
13. A group of people organized for a common purpose, especially a group that meets regularly: a garden club.
14. An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.
15. The building, room, or other facility used for the meetings of an organized group.
16. A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.
17. Sports An athletic team or organization.
    Sports
18. A playing card marked with such a symbol.
19. A nightclub.
20. Any set of people with a shared characteristic.
    humorous
21. To strike or beat with a club or similar implement.
22. A club sandwich.
23. The slice of bread in the middle of a club sandwich.
24. The propeller of an aeroplane.
    slang

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Examples

“There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,[…], and all these articles[…] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.”

“The attack also afforded Helena to a front-seat view of literal air-to-air melee combat, as one Wildcat pilot of the Cactus Air Force, who was swooping in to help break up the attack, found himself out of machine-gun ammo; instead, he dropped his landing gear, positioned himself above the nearest bomber, and begun beating it to death, in midair, using his landing gear as clubs. After a bit of evasive action that the fighter easily kept up with, the repeated slamming broke something important, and the bomber spiralled down into the sea.”

“At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.[…]In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.”

“He can have no right to the benefits of Society, who will not pay his Club towards the Support of it.”

“They laid down the Club.”

“17 Mat 1660, Samuel Pepys, diary first we went and dined at a French house , but paid 10s for our part of the club”

“She was sitting in a jazz club, sipping wine and listening to a bass player's solo.”

“I've got only one club in my hand.”

“You also hate Night Court? Join the club.”

“Michael stood you up? Welcome to the club.”

“He also wanted to be only the second person to travel solo to at least that depth, the other being James Cameron, who in 2012 took an Australian-built sub into the Mariana Trench, reaching Challenger Deep, the ocean’s deepest point, touching down at close to 36,000 feet. “That’s a nice club to be a part of,” Rush says. Two weeks later, that club welcomed a new member, when a Texas businessman named Victor Vescovo reached 27,000 feet in his own experimental submersible.”

“Crab cake sandwiches, tuna melts, chicken clubs, salmon cakes, and prime-rib sandwiches are usually on the menu.”

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