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CLUB

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Irregular inflected forms: clubbed    , clubbing   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink

Example:

he played the drums at a jazz club

Synonyms:

cabaret; club; night club; nightclub; nightspot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("club" is a kind of...):

spot (a business establishment for entertainment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "club"):

dive; honkytonk (a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall)

supper club (usually a small luxurious nightclub)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Stout stick that is larger at one end

Example:

he felt as if he had been hit with a club

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("club" is a kind of...):

stick (an implement consisting of a length of wood)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "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)

baton; billy; billy club; billystick; nightstick; truncheon (a short stout club used primarily by policemen)

Derivation:

club (strike with a club or a bludgeon)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it

Example:

clubs were trumps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("club" is a kind of...):

playing card (one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games)

Holonyms ("club" is a member of...):

minor suit (( bridge) a suit of inferior scoring value, either diamonds or clubs)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A building that is occupied by a social club

Example:

the clubhouse needed a new roof

Synonyms:

club; clubhouse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("club" is a kind of...):

building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)

Meronyms (parts of "club"):

clubroom (a room used for the activities of a club)

reading room (a room set aside for reading)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball

Synonyms:

club; golf-club; golf club; golfclub

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("club" is a kind of...):

golf equipment (sports equipment used in playing golf)

Meronyms (parts of "club"):

club-head; club head; clubhead; golf-club head ((golf) the head of the club which strikes the ball)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "club"):

wood (a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head)

iron (a golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head)

Derivation:

club (strike with a club or a bludgeon)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A team of professional baseball players who play and travel together

Example:

each club played six home games with teams in its own division

Synonyms:

ball club; baseball club; club; nine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("club" is a kind of...):

baseball team (a team that plays baseball)

Holonyms ("club" is a member of...):

baseball league (a league of baseball teams)

Sense 7

Meaning:

A formal association of people with similar interests

Example:

men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today

Synonyms:

club; gild; guild; lodge; order; social club; society

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("club" is a kind of...):

association (a formal organization of people or groups of people)

Meronyms (members of "club"):

club member (someone who is a member of a club)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "club"):

service club (a club of professional or business people organized for their coordination and active in public services)

boat club; yacht club (club that promotes and supports yachting and boating)

turnverein (a club of tumblers or gymnasts)

sorority (a social club for female undergraduates)

slate club (a group of people who save money in a common fund for a specific purpose (usually distributed at Christmas))

rowing club (a club for rowers)

racket club (club for players of racket sports)

jockey club (a club to promote and regulate horse racing)

investors club (a club of small investors who buy and sell securities jointly)

hunt; hunt club (an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport)

golf club (a club of people to play golf)

glee club (a club organized to sing together)

frat; fraternity (a social club for male undergraduates)

country club (a suburban club for recreation and socializing)

chess club (a club of people to play chess)

chapter (a local branch of some fraternity or association)

bookclub (a club that people join in order to buy selected books at reduced prices)

athenaeum; atheneum (a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning)

Derivation:

club (gather and spend time together)

club (unite with a common purpose)

clubby (befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gather into a club-like mass

Example:

club hair

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "club" is one way to...):

collect; garner; gather; pull together (assemble or get together)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Strike with a club or a bludgeon

Synonyms:

bludgeon; club

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "club" is one way to...):

hit (deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The fighter managed to club his opponent

Derivation:

club (stout stick that is larger at one end)

club (golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Gather and spend time together

Example:

They always club together

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "club" is one way to...):

assemble; foregather; forgather; gather; meet (collect in one place)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

club (a formal association of people with similar interests)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Unite with a common purpose

Example:

The two men clubbed together

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "club" is one way to...):

unify; unite (act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

club (a formal association of people with similar interests)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Very likely he had spoken to him privately, and had threatened to expose him unless he voluntarily resigned his membership of the club, and promised not to play cards again.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The Colonel possessed a varied collection of weapons brought from the different countries in which he had fought, and it is conjectured by the police that his club was among his trophies.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It appears you will go to an important party, charity, or club gathering, or even a gala sporting event that you and your friends are looking forward to attending.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If Mimas possesses an ocean, it would join an exclusive club of "ocean worlds" that includes several moons of Jupiter and two other Saturn moons, Enceladus and Titan.

(Saturn Moon May Hide a 'Fossil' Core or an Ocean, NASA)

They hurled stones, wielded sticks and clubs and whips, administered slaps and clouts, and, when they touched him, were cunning to hurt with pinch and twist and wrench.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Allow me to present the club key, and with many thanks for your favor, take my seat.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“What! you were at it by candle-light last night, when I was at the club, then? Were you?” said Mr. Omer, shutting up one eye.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I expect my surveyor from Brockham with his report in the morning; and afterwards I cannot in decency fail attending the club.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

And to propose that she and I should unite to form a musical club!

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Springing out from among the scrub the ape-men with huge clubs broke in upon the Indians and often felled three or four of them before they could be speared.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)