club
♦♦♦ club /kl'ʌb/ (clubs clubbing clubbed)
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A club is an organization of people interested in a particular activity or subject who usually meet on a regular basis.
...the Chorlton Conservative Club.
...a youth club...
He was club secretary.
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A club is a place where the members of a club meet.
I stopped in at the club for a drink.
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A club is a team which competes in sporting competitions.
...Liverpool football club.
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A club is the same as a nightclub.
It's a big dance hit in the clubs.
...the London club scene.
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A club is a long, thin, metal stick with a piece of wood or metal at one end that you use to hit the ball in golf.
...a six-iron club.
= golf club
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A club is a thick heavy stick that can be used as a weapon.
Men armed with knives and clubs attacked his home.
7 [VERB] V n, V n to n
To club a person or animal means to hit them hard with a thick heavy stick or a similar weapon.
Two thugs clubbed him with baseball bats...
Clubbing baby seals to death for their pelts is wrong.
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Clubs is one of the four suits in a pack of playing cards. Each card in the suit is marked with one or more black symbols: ♣.
...the ace of clubs.
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A club is a playing card of this suit.
The next player discarded a club.book club (book clubs)
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A book club is an organization that offers books at reduced prices to its members.club foot (club feet)
in AM, usually use clubfoot
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If someone has a club foot, they are born with a badly twisted foot.club soda
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Club soda is fizzy water used for mixing with alcoholic drinks and fruit juice. (mainly AM)
= soda waterclub together
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If people club together to do something, they all give money towards the cost of it. (BRIT)
For my thirtieth birthday, my friends clubbed together and bought me a watch.coun|try club (country clubs)
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A country club is a club in the country where you can play sports and attend social events.fan club (fan clubs)
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A fan club is an organized group of people who all admire the same person or thing, for example a pop singer or pop group. Members of the fan club receive information and can take part in activities such as trips to concerts.golf club (golf clubs)
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A golf club is a long, thin, metal stick with a piece of wood or metal at one end that you use to hit the ball in golf.
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A golf club is a social organization which provides a golf course and a building to meet in for its members.health club (health clubs)
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A health club is a private club that people go to in order to do exercise and have beauty treatments.so|cial club (social clubs)
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A social club is a club where members go in order to meet each other and enjoy leisure activities.strip club (strip clubs)
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A strip club is a club which people go to in order to see striptease.sup|per club (supper clubs)
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In the United States, a supper club is a small expensive nightclub.ware|house club (warehouse clubs)
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A warehouse club is a large shop which sells goods at reduced prices to people who pay each year to become members of the organization that runs the shop.work|ing men's club (working men's clubs)
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A working men's club is a place where working people, especially men, can go to relax, drink alcoholic drinks, and sometimes watch live entertainment.youth club (youth clubs)
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A youth club is a club where young people can go to meet each other and take part in various leisure activities. Youth clubs are often run by a church or local authority.
...the youth club disco.
1 [N-COUNT]
A club is an organization of people interested in a particular activity or subject who usually meet on a regular basis.
...the Chorlton Conservative Club.
...a youth club...
He was club secretary.
2 [N-COUNT] oft poss N
A club is a place where the members of a club meet.
I stopped in at the club for a drink.
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A club is a team which competes in sporting competitions.
...Liverpool football club.
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A club is the same as a nightclub.
It's a big dance hit in the clubs.
...the London club scene.
5 [N-COUNT]
A club is a long, thin, metal stick with a piece of wood or metal at one end that you use to hit the ball in golf.
...a six-iron club.
= golf club
6 [N-COUNT]
A club is a thick heavy stick that can be used as a weapon.
Men armed with knives and clubs attacked his home.
7 [VERB] V n, V n to n
To club a person or animal means to hit them hard with a thick heavy stick or a similar weapon.
Two thugs clubbed him with baseball bats...
Clubbing baby seals to death for their pelts is wrong.
8 [N-UNCOUNT-COLL]
Clubs is one of the four suits in a pack of playing cards. Each card in the suit is marked with one or more black symbols: ♣.
...the ace of clubs.
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A club is a playing card of this suit.
The next player discarded a club.book club (book clubs)
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A book club is an organization that offers books at reduced prices to its members.club foot (club feet)
in AM, usually use clubfoot
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If someone has a club foot, they are born with a badly twisted foot.club soda
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Club soda is fizzy water used for mixing with alcoholic drinks and fruit juice. (mainly AM)
= soda waterclub together
[PHRASAL VERB] V P
If people club together to do something, they all give money towards the cost of it. (BRIT)
For my thirtieth birthday, my friends clubbed together and bought me a watch.coun|try club (country clubs)
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A country club is a club in the country where you can play sports and attend social events.fan club (fan clubs)
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A fan club is an organized group of people who all admire the same person or thing, for example a pop singer or pop group. Members of the fan club receive information and can take part in activities such as trips to concerts.golf club (golf clubs)
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A golf club is a long, thin, metal stick with a piece of wood or metal at one end that you use to hit the ball in golf.
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A golf club is a social organization which provides a golf course and a building to meet in for its members.health club (health clubs)
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A health club is a private club that people go to in order to do exercise and have beauty treatments.so|cial club (social clubs)
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A social club is a club where members go in order to meet each other and enjoy leisure activities.strip club (strip clubs)
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A strip club is a club which people go to in order to see striptease.sup|per club (supper clubs)
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In the United States, a supper club is a small expensive nightclub.ware|house club (warehouse clubs)
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A warehouse club is a large shop which sells goods at reduced prices to people who pay each year to become members of the organization that runs the shop.work|ing men's club (working men's clubs)
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A working men's club is a place where working people, especially men, can go to relax, drink alcoholic drinks, and sometimes watch live entertainment.youth club (youth clubs)
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A youth club is a club where young people can go to meet each other and take part in various leisure activities. Youth clubs are often run by a church or local authority.
...the youth club disco.