club (n.)

  1. a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together; each club played six home games with teams in its own division

    [ Syn: baseball club , ball club , nine ]

  2. 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

    [ Syn: social club , society , guild , gild , lodge , order ]

  3. 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'

  4. a building that is occupied by a social club; the clubhouse needed a new roof

    [ Syn: clubhouse ]

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

    [ Syn: golf club , golf-club ]

  6. a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it; he led a small club; clubs were trumps'

  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; dont 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

    [ Syn: cabaret , nightclub , night club , nightspot ]

    club (v.)

  1. unite with a common purpose; The two men clubbed together'

  2. gather and spend time together; They always club together'

  3. strike with a club or a bludgeon

    [ Syn: bludgeon ]

  4. gather into a club-like mass; club hair'

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