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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: club

1	n v	a formal association of people with similar interests unite with a common purpose
2	n v	stout stick that is larger at one end strike with a club or a bludgeon
3	n	a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: club

n a formal association of people with similar interests

“he joined a golf club”

Synonyms:: gild, guild, lodge, order, social club, society

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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; 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, hunt club
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; tennis club
a club of people to play tennis; International Association of Lions clubs, Lions Club
club dedicated to promoting responsible citizenship and good government and community and national and international welfare; Rotary Club, Rotary International
a group of businessmen in a town organized as a service club and to promote world peace

Type of:: association
a formal organization of people or groups of people

n a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together

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

Synonyms:: ball club, baseball club, nine

Type of:: baseball team
a team that plays baseball

n a building that is occupied by a social club

Synonyms:: clubhouse

Type of:: building, edifice
a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place

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

“he played the drums at a jazz club”

Synonyms:: cabaret, night club, nightclub, nightspot

Types:: dive, honkytonk
a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall; supper club
usually a small luxurious nightclub

Type of:: spot
a business establishment for entertainment

v unite with a common purpose

“The two men clubbed together”

Type of:: unify, unite
act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief

v gather and spend time together

“They always club together”

Type of:: assemble, foregather, forgather, gather, meet
collect in one place

n 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”

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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; baseball bat, lumber
an implement used in baseball by the batter; bastinado
a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet; blackjack, cosh, sap
a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people; paddle
small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games; shillalah, shillelagh
a cudgel made of hardwood (usually oak or blackthorn)

Type of:: stick
an implement consisting of a length of wood

n golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball

Synonyms:: golf club, golf-club

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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; brassie
(formerly) a golfing wood with a face more elevated that a driver but less than a spoon; driver, number one wood
a golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee; driving iron, one iron
(golf) the long iron with the most nearly vertical face; long iron
an iron with a long shaft and a steep face; for hitting long low shots; five iron, mashie
middle-distance iron; mashie niblick, seven iron
iron with a lofted face for hitting high shots to the green; metal wood
golf wood with a metal head instead of the traditional wooden head; midiron, two iron
long iron with a nearly vertical face; niblick, nine iron
an iron with considerable loft; putter, putting iron
the iron normally used on the putting green; short iron
an iron with a short shaft and pitched face; for hitting short high shots; spoon
formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face; wedge
(golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole

Type of:: golf equipment
sports equipment used in playing golf

v strike with a club or a bludgeon

Synonyms:: bludgeon

Type of:: hit
deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument

v gather into a club-like mass

“club hair”

Type of:: collect, garner, gather, pull together
assemble or get together

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

“he led a small club”

“clubs were trumps”

Type of:: playing card
one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games

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