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club

Pronunciation: /klʌb/

The English word “club” has 20 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.
  2. An implement to hit the ball in certain ball games, such as golf.
  3. An item used during routines, the apparatus consisting of a set of two clubs.
  4. An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.
  5. The fees associated with belonging to such a club.
  6. A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.
  7. An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.
  8. A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.
  9. A playing card marked with such a symbol.
  10. Any set of people with a shared characteristic.
  11. A club sandwich.
  12. The slice of bread in the middle of a club sandwich.
  13. The propeller of an aeroplane.
  14. A set which is both closed and unbounded.

verb

  1. To hit with a club.
  2. To score a victory over by a large margin.
  3. To join together to form a group.
  4. To combine into a club-shaped mass.
  5. To go to nightclubs.
  6. To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English clubbe, from Old Norse klubba, klumba (“cudgel”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“clip, clasp; clump, lump; log, block”). Cognate with English clump, cloud, Latin globus, glomus; and perhaps related to Middle Low German kolve (“bulb”), German Kolben (“butt, bulb, club”).

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