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clubbed Definition


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club
noun
    1. A stick, usually thicker at one end, used as a weapon.
      Thesaurus: cudgel, stick, bat, baton, nightstick (US), mace, staff, shillelagh, billy club (US).
    2. In various sports, especially golf: a stick with a specially shaped head, used to hit the ball.
    3. An Indian club.
    4. A society or association.
      Thesaurus: organization, society, guild, union, association, society, order, company, fraternity, lodge, clique.
    5. The place where such a group meets.
    6. A building with dining, reading and sleeping facilities for its members.
    7. A nightclub.
    8. One of the four suits of playing-cards, with a black cloverleaf-shaped symbol (♣), the others being the diamond, heart and spade.
      Form: clubs
    9. One of the playing-cards of this suit.
verb
    clubbed, clubbing
    1. To beat or strike (a person, animal, etc) with a club.
      Thesaurus: strike, pummel, beat, bludgeon, clobber, bash, hammer.
Derivative: clubber
noun
    Derivative: clubbing
    noun
      Idiom: go clubbing
        To go to and spend an evening at a nightclub.
          Example: They go clubbing every weekend
      Idiom: in the club (in the pudding club)
        colloq
        Pregnant.
      Idiom: join the club!
        Me too!
      Etymology: 13c: from Norse klubba cudgel.

      Phrasal Verb: club together
        To contribute money jointly for a special purpose.To join together for a common end or purpose.




      clubbing
      noun
        1. pathol.
          A thickening of the tips of the fingers and toes.
      Derivative: clubbed
      adj
        Said of the fingers and toes: thickened at the tips.


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