Club
[klʌb]
Definition
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it; 'he led a small club'; 'clubs were trumps'.
(noun.) 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'.
(verb.) gather into a club-like mass; 'club hair'.
(verb.) strike with a club or a bludgeon.
(verb.) gather and spend time together; 'They always club together'.
(verb.) unite with a common purpose; 'The two men clubbed together'.
Editor: Nancy--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded the hand; a weapon; a cudgel.
(n.) Any card of the suit of cards having a figure like the trefoil or clover leaf. (pl.) The suit of cards having such figure.
(n.) An association of persons for the promotion of some common object, as literature, science, politics, good fellowship, etc.; esp. an association supported by equal assessments or contributions of the members.
(n.) A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.
(v. t.) To beat with a club.
(v. t.) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.
(v. t.) To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end; as, to club exertions.
(v. t.) To raise, or defray, by a proportional assesment; as, to club the expense.
(v. i.) To form a club; to combine for the promotion of some common object; to unite.
(v. i.) To pay on equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense; to pay for something by contribution.
(v. i.) To drift in a current with an anchor out.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Bludgeon, cudgel.[2]. Association, society, company, set, fraternity, sodality, COTERIE, CLIQUE.
v. n. Co-operate, unite together, act in concert, club together.
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Definition
n. a heavy tapering stick knobby or massy at one end used to strike with: a cudgel: a bat used in certain games: an instrument for playing golf variously with wooden heads iron heads and wooden heads with brass soles: a bunch; one of the four suits of cards: a combination: a clique set: an association of persons for the joint study of literature politics &c. or for social ends: an association of persons who possess a building as a common resort for the members: a club-house or the house occupied by a club.—v.t. to beat with a club: to gather into a bunch: to combine: to throw soldiers into confusion.—v.i. to join together for some common end: to combine together: to share in a common expense.—adjs. Club′bable sociable; Clubbed like a club.—n. Club′bing beating: combination: a disease in some plants.—adj. Club′bish given to clubs.—ns. Club′bism the club system; Club′bist Club′-foot a deformed foot.—adj. Club′-foot′ed.—n. Club′-grass a species of grass having a club-shaped articulation.—v.t. Club′-haul (naut.) to tack by dropping the lee anchor and slipping the cable.—adj. Club′head′ed having a thick head.—ns. Club′-house a house for the accommodation of a club; Club′-law government by violence; Club′-man one who carries a club: a member of a club; Club′-mas′ter the manager of or purveyor for a club; Club′-moss one of the four genera of Lycopodiace; Club′-room the room in which a club meets; Club′-rush a plant of many varieties of the genus Scripus or rush.—n.pl. Clubs (see Clumps).
Checker: Nanette
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of being approached by a person bearing a club, denotes that you will be assailed by your adversaries, but you will overcome them and be unusually happy and prosperous; but if you club any one, you will undergo a rough and profitless journey.
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Examples
- He kept me waiting so long, that I fervently hoped the Club would fine him for being late. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Allow me to present the club key, and with many thanks for your favor, take my seat. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The members of the Melton club led what I considered a very stupid sort of life. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- All I say is, it's a mercy they didn't take this Doctor Lydgate on to our club. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The coffee was so exquisite that he asked for a second cup: such a contrast to the watery stuff at the club! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He had played nearly every day at one club or other, but he was a cautious player, and usually rose a winner. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I have communicated, both personally and by letter, with the club,' resumed Mr. Pickwick, 'acquainting them with my intention. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- For unions and trusts, sects, clubs and voluntary associations stand for actual needs. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Clubs, not spades, are trumps, said Lawrence. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The quintuple grade is designed more particularly for hotels, restaurants, clubs and other institutions where the wear is especially severe. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The shepherd is too fond of playing at cards and going to his clubs, answered Becky, laughing. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- They asked about him once or twice at his clubs, but did not miss him much: in those booths of Vanity Fair people seldom do miss each other. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Trade unions and women's clubs have joined hands in many an agitation. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Plato, Zeno, Epicurus, Pythagoras--all founders of clubs. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The evils of prostitution are seen as a series of episodes, each of which must be clubbed, forbidden, raided and jailed. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The beasts have pulled him off and clubbed him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- We're clubbing for a subject, and the list is nearly full, only we can't get hold of any fellow that wants a head. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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