club

club  (klb)

n.

1. A stout heavy stick, usually thicker at one end, suitable for use as a weapon; a cudgel.

2. Sports An implement used in some games to drive a ball, especially a stick with a protruding head used in golf.

3. Games

a. A black figure shaped like a trefoil or clover leaf on certain playing cards.

b. A playing card with this figure.

c. clubs (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The suit of cards represented by this figure.

4. A group of people organized for a common purpose, especially a group that meets regularly: a garden club.

5. The building, room, or other facility used for the meetings of an organized group.

6. Sports An athletic team or organization.

7. A nightclub.

v. clubbed, club·bing, clubs

v.tr.

1. To strike or beat with or as if with a club.

2. To use (a firearm) as a club by holding the barrel and hitting with the butt end.

3. To gather or combine (hair, for example) into a clublike mass.

4. To contribute to a joint or common purpose.

v.intr.

To join or combine for a common purpose; form a club.

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[Middle English, from Old Norse klubba.]

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club

Noun

1. a group or association of people with common aims or interests

2. the building used by such a group

3. a stout stick used as a weapon

4. a stick or bat used to strike the ball in various sports, esp. golf

5. an establishment or regular event at which people dance to records; disco: a new weekly club with resident DJ

6. a building in which members go to meet, dine, read, etc.

7. Chiefly Brit an organization, esp. in a shop, set up as a means of saving

8. a playing card marked with one or more black trefoil symbols

9. short for Indian club

Verb

[clubbing, clubbed]

1. to beat with a club

2. club together to combine resources or efforts for a common purpose [Old Norse klubba]

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Club a meeting or assembly for social discourse; an association of persons of like sympathies usually interested in the promotion of some object, sport, etc.; a combination; a clique.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	club - a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together; "each club played six home games with teams in its own division" ball club, baseball club, nine baseball team - a team that plays baseball baseball league - a league of baseball teams
	2.	club - a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today" gild, guild, social club, society, lodge, order association - a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association" athenaeum, atheneum - a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning bookclub - a club that people join in order to buy selected books at reduced prices chapter - a local branch of some fraternity or association; "he joined the Atlanta chapter" chess club - a club of people to play chess country club - a suburban club for recreation and socializing frat, fraternity - a social club for male undergraduates glee club - a club organized to sing together golf club - a club of people to play golf hunt club, hunt - an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport investors club - a club of small investors who buy and sell securities jointly jockey club - a club to promote and regulate horse racing racket club - club for players of racket sports rowing club - a club for rowers slate club - a group of people who save money in a common fund for a specific purpose (usually distributed at Christmas) sorority - a social club for female undergraduates turnverein - a club of tumblers or gymnasts boat club, yacht club - club that promotes and supports yachting and boating service club - a club of professional or business people organized for their coordination and active in public services club member - someone who is a member of a club
	3.	club - stout stick that is larger at one end; "he carried a club in self defense"; "he felt as if he had been hit with a 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 stick - an implement consisting of a length of wood; "he collected dry sticks for a campfire"; "the kid had a candied apple on a stick" billy, billy club, billystick, nightstick, truncheon, baton - a short stout club used primarily by policemen
	4.	club - a building that is occupied by a social club; "the clubhouse needed a new roof" clubhouse building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" clubroom - a room used for the activities of a club reading room - a room set aside for reading
	5.	club - golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball golf-club, golf club club head, club-head, clubhead, golf-club head - (golf) the head of the club which strikes the ball golf equipment - sports equipment used in playing golf iron - a golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head wood - a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head; "metal woods are now standard"
	6.	club - a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it; "he led a small club"; "clubs were trumps" minor suit - ( bridge) a suit of inferior scoring value, either diamonds or clubs playing card - one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games
	7.	club - a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink; "don't expect a good meal at a cabaret"; "the gossip columnist got his information by visiting nightclubs every night"; "he played the drums at a jazz club" cabaret, night club, nightclub, nightspot dive, honkytonk - a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall spot - a business establishment for entertainment; "night spot" supper club - usually a small luxurious nightclub
Verb	1.	club - unite with a common purpose; "The two men clubbed together" unite, unify - act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief
	2.	club - gather and spend time together; "They always club together" foregather, forgather, gather, assemble, meet - collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"
	3.	club - strike with a club or a bludgeon bludgeon hit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"
	4.	club - gather into a club-like mass; "club hair" gather, pull together, collect, garner - assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"

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club

noun 1. association, company, group, union, society, circle, lodge, guild, fraternity, set, order, sodality

noun 2. stick, bat, bludgeon, truncheon, cosh Brit. cudgel

verb 3. beat, strike, hammer, batter, bash, clout (informal) bludgeon, clobber (slang) pummel, cosh Brit. beat or knock seven bells out of (informal)

Translations

club [klʌb] n (= society) → club m;

(weapon) → porra, cachiporra;

(also: golf club) → palo

vt → aporrear

vi to club together (= join forces) → unir fuerzas;

clubs npl (CARDS) → tréboles mpl

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club [klʌb] n (= society) → club m (= weapon); massue f, matraque f;

(also: golf club) → club

vt → matraquer

vi to club together → s'associer;

clubs npl (Cards) → trèfle m

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club [klʌb] n → Klub m, Verein m;

(weapon) → Keule f, Knüppel m;

(also: golf club) (object) → Golfschläger m

vt → knüppeln

vi to club together → zusammenlegen;

clubs npl (Cards) → Kreuz nt

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club [klʌb] n (= society) → club m inv; circolo;

(weapon), (GOLF) → mazza

vt → bastonare

vi to club together → associarsi;

clubs npl (CARDS) → fiori mpl