club

Pronunciation

• enPR: klŭb, IPA ^(key): /klʌb/

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Noun

Singular club

Plural clubs

1. (countable) A club is an organisation of people who share a similar sport, interest, or hobby.

   He was a member of his high school drama club.

   Every town in Europe has its own football club.

2. (countable) A club is a place where people go to drink, dance, talk, and listen to music.
   • Synonym: nightclub

   I didn't get home from the club until 2:30 in the morning; it was so much fun.

3. (countable) A club is a place where members go to do sports or exercise.
   • Synonym: gym

   I try to work out at the gym club three days a week.

4. (countable) A club is a heavy stick used to hit things or people.
   • Synonym: nightstick

   The police in London used to carry clubs instead of guns.

5. (countable) A club is a suit in playing cards. It is a black design with a base and three round leaves.
   1. (countable) A club is a card marked with that suit.

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  People dancing at a club
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  Golf clubs
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  The two of clubs

Verb

Plain form club

Third-person singular clubs

Past tense clubbed

Past participle clubbed

Present participle clubbing

1. (transitive) If you club a person or animal, you hit them with something big and heavy.

   They clubbed him to death with a baseball bat.

2. (intransitive); (usually clubbing) If you go clubbing, you go to a club to dance, drink, and meet people.

   She enjoys going clubbing with friends in Oxford every Friday.

Suits

hearts ♥	diamonds ♦	spades ♠	clubs ♣