- a heavy usually tapering staff especially of wood wielded as a weapon
- a stick or bat used to hit a ball in any of various games
- something resembling a club
1 a : a heavy usually tapering staff especially of wood wielded as a weapon
b : a stick or bat used to hit a ball in any of various games
c : something resembling a club
2 a : a playing card marked with a stylized figure of a black clover
b clubs plural in form but singular or plural in construction : the suit comprising cards marked with clubs 3 a : an association of persons for some common object usually jointly supported and meeting periodicallyalso : a group identified by some common characteristic //nations in the nuclear club
b : the meeting place of a club //lunch at the club
c : an association of persons participating in a plan by which they agree to make regular payments or purchases in order to secure some advantage
e : an athletic association or team
- to beat or strike with or as if with a club
- to gather into a club-shaped mass
- to unite or combine for a common cause
clubbed; clubbing
- transitive verb
1 a : to beat or strike with or as if with a club
b : to gather into a club-shaped mass //clubbed her hair
2 a : to unite or combine for a common cause
b : to contribute to a common fund
- intransitive verb
2 : to pay a share of a common expense
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ria-level='2'>History and EtymologyNoun (1)
Middle English, from Old English
clufu; akin to Old English
clēofan to cleave
Noun (2)
alteration of Middle English
clowe, from Anglo-French
clou (
de girofle), literally, nail of clove, from Latin
clavus nail
- a heavy usually tapering staff especially of wood wielded as a weapon
- a stick or bat used to hit a ball in any of various games
- something resembling a club
1 a : a heavy usually tapering staff especially of wood wielded as a weapon
b : a stick or bat used to hit a ball in any of various games
c : something resembling a club
2 a : a playing card marked with a stylized figure of a black clover
b clubs plural in form but singular or plural in construction : the suit comprising cards marked with clubs 3 a : an association of persons for some common object usually jointly supported and meeting periodicallyalso : a group identified by some common characteristic //nations in the nuclear club
b : the meeting place of a club //lunch at the club
c : an association of persons participating in a plan by which they agree to make regular payments or purchases in order to secure some advantage
e : an athletic association or team
- to beat or strike with or as if with a club
- to gather into a club-shaped mass
- to unite or combine for a common cause
clubbed; clubbing
- transitive verb
1 a : to beat or strike with or as if with a club
b : to gather into a club-shaped mass //clubbed her hair
2 a : to unite or combine for a common cause
b : to contribute to a common fund
- intransitive verb
2 : to pay a share of a common expense
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ria-level='2'>History and EtymologyNoun (1)
Middle English, from Old English
clufu; akin to Old English
clēofan to cleave
Noun (2)
alteration of Middle English
clowe, from Anglo-French
clou (
de girofle), literally, nail of clove, from Latin
clavus nail
- a heavy usually tapering staff especially of wood wielded as a weapon
- a stick or bat used to hit a ball in any of various games
- something resembling a club
1 a : a heavy usually tapering staff especially of wood wielded as a weapon
b : a stick or bat used to hit a ball in any of various games
c : something resembling a club
2 a : a playing card marked with a stylized figure of a black clover
b clubs plural in form but singular or plural in construction : the suit comprising cards marked with clubs 3 a : an association of persons for some common object usually jointly supported and meeting periodicallyalso : a group identified by some common characteristic //nations in the nuclear club
b : the meeting place of a club //lunch at the club
c : an association of persons participating in a plan by which they agree to make regular payments or purchases in order to secure some advantage
e : an athletic association or team
- to beat or strike with or as if with a club
- to gather into a club-shaped mass
- to unite or combine for a common cause
clubbed; clubbing
- transitive verb
1 a : to beat or strike with or as if with a club
b : to gather into a club-shaped mass //clubbed her hair
2 a : to unite or combine for a common cause
b : to contribute to a common fund
- intransitive verb
2 : to pay a share of a common expense
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ria-level='2'>History and EtymologyNoun (1)
Middle English, from Old English
clufu; akin to Old English
clēofan to cleave
Noun (2)
alteration of Middle English
clowe, from Anglo-French
clou (
de girofle), literally, nail of clove, from Latin
clavus nail
- a heavy usually tapering staff especially of wood wielded as a weapon
- a stick or bat used to hit a ball in any of various games
- something resembling a club
1 a : a heavy usually tapering staff especially of wood wielded as a weapon
b : a stick or bat used to hit a ball in any of various games
c : something resembling a club
2 a : a playing card marked with a stylized figure of a black clover
b clubs plural in form but singular or plural in construction : the suit comprising cards marked with clubs 3 a : an association of persons for some common object usually jointly supported and meeting periodicallyalso : a group identified by some common characteristic //nations in the nuclear club
b : the meeting place of a club //lunch at the club
c : an association of persons participating in a plan by which they agree to make regular payments or purchases in order to secure some advantage
e : an athletic association or team
- to beat or strike with or as if with a club
- to gather into a club-shaped mass
- to unite or combine for a common cause
clubbed; clubbing
- transitive verb
1 a : to beat or strike with or as if with a club
b : to gather into a club-shaped mass //clubbed her hair
2 a : to unite or combine for a common cause
b : to contribute to a common fund
- intransitive verb
2 : to pay a share of a common expense
<
ria-level='2'>History and EtymologyNoun (1)
Middle English, from Old English
clufu; akin to Old English
clēofan to cleave
Noun (2)
alteration of Middle English
clowe, from Anglo-French
clou (
de girofle), literally, nail of clove, from Latin
clavus nail
EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionary