Meaning of clubbish | Babel Free
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a club (weapon).
- Resembling or characteristic of a club (social establishment).
- Disposed to club together.
Examples
“For had not ſhe bene mercifull, my ſhip had ruſht on Rocks, And ſo decayed amids the ſtormes, through force of clubbiſh knocks”
“She remembered a long-ago dinner they shared at Chasen's, one of Hollywood's most clubbish and exclusive restaurants […]”
“Some of the Centered Workshops get very clubbish, even encounter-groupish, I was told, and some don't. Ours didn't, although we certainly had a good time together.”
“A clubbish man, Duyckinck liked to discuss his plans for the Libraries with his close circle of friends, two of whom […] he hoped to enlist as contributors to the American Library.”
“[…] the "bon vivants of a 1930's clubbish set" […]”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.