club
club
I
/ˈklʌb/ noun , pl clubs
1 [ count ]
1 a : a group of people who meet to participate in an activity (such as a sport or hobby)
an exclusive social/men's club
Do you belong to any clubs?
My friends and I formed/started a chess club. [=a group of people who play chess together]
She's the club president. = She's the president of the club.
— see also fan club, glee club, golf club 2
1 b : the place where the members of a club meet
I'll see you at the club.
— see also country club, health club
2 [ count ] : a sports team or organization
the president of a major-league baseball club
He spent five years with the club.
a ball club
a boxing/football/hockey club
3 [ count ] : an organization in which people agree to buy things (such as books or CDs) regularly in order to receive a benefit (such as lower prices)
Join our movie club now and receive four free DVDs.
— see also book club
4 [ count ] : a business that provides entertainment (such as music, dancing, or a show) and that usually serves food and alcohol : nightclub
a dance club
jazz clubs
comedy clubs [=clubs in which people perform comedy shows]
They went club-hopping. [=they went to several different clubs in one night]
— often used before another noun
club owners
club music [=dance music that is played in clubs]
see also strip club
5 [ count ] : a special metal stick used for hitting a golf ball : golf club
I just bought a new set of clubs.
6 [ count ] : a heavy usually wooden stick that is used as a weapon
In battle, they used swords and wooden clubs.
— see also billy club
7 a [ count ] : a playing card that is marked with a black shape that looks like three round leaves
one heart, two diamonds, and two clubs
7 b clubs [ plural ] : the suit in a deck of playing cards that consists of cards marked by a black shape that looks like three round leaves
the nine of clubs
— compare diamond, heart, spade
8 [ count ] informal : club sandwich
She ordered a turkey club with French fries.
in the club
Brit informal : pregnant
join the club (
informal
— used to say that the problems or feelings someone is having are problems or feelings that you have had yourself
If you don't understand the rules, join the club: no one else does either!
— often used to suggest that a person's problems or feelings are not unusual and do not deserve much sympathy
So you think you deserve to be paid more money for your work? Well, join the club. [=lots of people think they deserve more money]
“My son won't do what I tell him to do.” “Join the club. I can't get my daughter to obey me, either.”
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II
verb , clubs, clubbed, club·bing [ + obj ]
: to hit (a person or animal) with a heavy stick or object
They clubbed him with a baseball bat.
He was clubbed to death. [=killed by being hit him with a heavy object]
club together [ phrasal verb ]
Brit : to combine your money with the money of other people
◇ If a group of people club together to do something, each member of the group gives some money to pay for something.
We clubbed together to buy him a new watch.
