club

[[t]klʌb[/t]]

n. v. clubbed, club•bing

1) a heavy stick, usu. thicker at one end than the other, suitable for use as a weapon; cudgel

2) spo

a) a stick or bat used to drive a ball in various games, as golf

b) Indian club

3) a group of people organized for a social, literary, or other purpose:

an athletic club[/ex]

4) the building or rooms occupied by such a group

5) an organization that offers its subscribers certain benefits, as discounts on purchases:

a book club[/ex]

6) a group of nations associated in some way:

the European economic club[/ex]

7) a nightclub or cabaret

8) gam

a) a black trefoil-shaped figure on a playing card

b) a card bearing such figures

c) clubs, (used with a sing. or pl. v.) the suit so marked

9) to beat with or as if with a club

10) to gather or form into a clublike mass

11) to unite; join together

12) to contribute as one's share toward a joint expense

13) to combine or join together

14) to gather into a mass

15) cvb to attend a club or a club's activities

16) to contribute to a common fund

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Etymology: 1175–1225; ME clubbe < ON klubba club; akin to clump