cabaret, nightclub, night club, club, nightspot
(noun) a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink; âdonât expect a good meal at a cabaretâ; âthe gossip columnist got his information by visiting nightclubs every nightâ; âhe played the drums at a jazz clubâ
club
(noun) stout stick that is larger at one end; âhe carried a club in self defenseâ; âhe felt as if he had been hit with a clubâ
club
(noun) a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it; âhe led a small clubâ; âclubs were trumpsâ
clubhouse, club
(noun) a building that is occupied by a social club; âthe clubhouse needed a new roofâ
club, social club, society, guild, gild, lodge, order
(noun) a formal association of people with similar interests; âhe joined a golf clubâ; âthey formed a small lunch societyâ; âmen from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen todayâ
club
(verb) gather into a club-like mass; âclub hairâ
club, bludgeon
(verb) strike with a club or a bludgeon
club
(verb) gather and spend time together; âThey always club togetherâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
club (plural clubs)
An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.
(archaic) The fees associated with belonging to such a club.
A heavy stick intended for use as a weapon or plaything.
An implement to hit the ball in certain ball games, such as golf.
A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.
An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.
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.
(humorous) Any set of people with a shared characteristic.
A club sandwich.
The slice of bread in the middle of a club sandwich.
• (weapon): cudgel
• (sports association): team
• chess club
• sports club
club (third-person singular simple present clubs, present participle clubbing, simple past and past participle clubbed)
(transitive) To hit with a club.
(intransitive) To join together to form a group.
(intransitive, transitive) To combine into a club-shaped mass.
(intransitive) To go to nightclubs.
(intransitive) To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense.
(transitive) To raise, or defray, by a proportional assessment.
(nautical) To drift in a current with an anchor out.
(military) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.
(transitive) To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end.
(transitive, military) To turn the breech of (a musket) uppermost, so as to use it as a club.
Source: Wiktionary
Club, n. Etym: [CF. Icel. klubba, klumba, club, klumbuf a clubfoot, SW. klubba club, Dan. klump lump, klub a club, G. klumpen clump, kolben club, and E. clump.]
1. A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded the hand; a weapon; a cudgel. But make you ready your stiff bats and clubs; Rome and her rats are at the point of battle. Shak.
2. Etym: [Cf. the Spanish name bastos, and Sp. baston staff, club.]
Definition: Any card of the suit of cards having a figure like the trefoil or clover leaf. (pl.) The suit of cards having such figure.
3. An association of persons for the promotion of some common object, as literature, science, politics, good fellowship, etc.; esp. an association supported by equal assessments or contributions of the members. They talked At wine, in clubs, of art, of politics. Tennyson. He [Goldsmith] was one of the nine original members of that celebrated fraternity which has sometimes been called the Literary Club, but which has always disclaimed that epithet, and still glories in the simple name of the Club. Macaulay.
4. A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund. They laid down the club. L'Estrange. We dined at a French house, but paid ten shillings for our part of the club. Pepys. Club law, government by violence; lynch law; anarchy. Addison. -Club moss (Bot.), an evergreen mosslike plant, much used in winter decoration. The best know species is Lycopodium clavatum, but other Lycopodia are often called by this name. The spores form a highly inflammable powder.
– Club root (Bot.), a disease of cabbages, by which the roots become distorted and the heads spoiled.
– Club topsail (Naut.), a kind of gaff topsail, used mostly by yachts having a fore-and-aft rig. It has a short "club" or "jack yard" to increase its spread.
Club, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clubbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Clubbing.]
1. To beat with a club.
2. (Mil.)
Definition: 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. Farrow.
3. To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end; as, to club exertions.
4. To raise, or defray, by a proportional assesment; as, to club the expense. To club a musket (Mil.), to turn the breach uppermost, so as to use it as a club.
Club, v. i.
1. To form a club; to combine for the promotion of some common object; to unite. Till grosser atoms, tumbling in the stream Of fancy, madly met, and clubbed into a dream. Dryden.
2. To pay on equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense; to pay for something by contribution. The owl, the raven, and the bat, Clubbed for a feather to his hat. Swift.
3. (Naut.)
Definition: To drift in a current with an anchor out.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., âthe father of the brideâ instead of âthe brideâs fatherâ
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
