club /klʌb/noun 14verb 11forms 3phrases 3 noun14 •a group that people join to play sports or do another activity together •(humorous) Any set of people with a shared characteristic.You also hate Night Court? Join the club.Michael stood you up? Welcome to the club. •An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.She was sitting in a jazz club, sipping wine and listening to a bass player's solo. •An implement to hit the ball in certain ball games, such as golf. •A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything. •An item used during routines, the apparatus consisting of a set of two clubs. •A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards. •A playing card marked with such a symbol.I've got only one club in my hand. •A club sandwich.Crab cake sandwiches, tuna melts, chicken clubs, salmon cakes, and prime-rib sandwiches are usually on the menu. — 2004 •A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.17 Mat 1660, Samuel Pepys, diary first we went and dined at a French house , but paid 10s for our part of the club •The slice of bread in the middle of a club sandwich. •(slang) The propeller of an aeroplane. •A set which is both closed and unbounded. •(no longer used) The fees associated with belonging to such a club.He can have no right to the benefits of Society, who will not pay his Club towards the Support of it. — 1783 verb11 •To hit with a club.He clubbed the poor dog. •To go to nightclubs.We went clubbing in Ibiza.When I was younger, I used to go clubbing almost every night. •To join together to form a group.Till grosser atoms, tumbling in the stream / Of fancy, madly met, and clubb'd into a dream. — 1687 •To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end. •To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense.The owl, the raven, and the bat / Clubb'd for a feather to his hat. — 1730 •To raise, or defray, by a proportional assessment. •To combine into a club-shaped mass.a medical condition with clubbing of the fingers and toes •To score a victory over by a large margin. •To turn the breech of (a musket) uppermost, so as to use it as a club. •To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.To club a battalion implies a temporary inability in the commanding officer to restore any given body of men to their natural front in line or column. — 1876 •To drift in a current with an anchor out. formsclubbed · clubbing · clubs Phrases with club club outTo live with one's family or in another household while apprenticed to a master, as opposed to living with the master. club togetherTo contribute money jointly with others. join the clubAn expression of sympathy for a shared experience.