club

club [klub]

n.

[ME clubbe < ON klubba, cudgel < IE * geleb(h)- < base * gel-, form a ball > CLIMB, CALF¹]

1.

a) a heavy stick, usually thinner at one end, used as a weapon

b) anything used to threaten or coerce

2.

a) GOLF CLUB

b) INDIAN CLUB

3. a group of people associated for a common purpose or mutual advantage, usually in an organization that meets regularly: see also BOOK CLUB

4. the room, building, or facilities used by such a group

5.

a) an organization that owns, controls, or sponsors an athletic team

b) the team playing for or representing such an organization

6. a nightclub

7.

a) any of a suit of playing cards marked with black figures shaped like a cloverleaf (♣)

b) [pl., with sing. or pl. v.] this suit of cards

vt.

clubbed, clubbing

1. to beat or strike as with a club

2. to combine or pool (resources, etc.) for a common purpose

3. to unite for a common purpose

4. to use (a rifle or the like) as a club by hitting with the butt end

vi.

1. to unite or combine for a common purpose

2. Rare to form into a clublike mass