club

Universal Words noun, verb noun for activity / sport 1 [C+sing./pl.v.] (especially in compounds) a group of people who meet together regularly, for a particular activity, sport, etc: a golf / tennis club * a chess / film / movie club * to join / belong to a club * The club has / have voted to admit 50 new members. seealsoFANCLUB, YOUTHCLUB 2 [C] the building or rooms that a particular club uses: We had lunch at the golf club. * the club bar seealsoCOUNTRYCLUB, HEALTHCLUB 3 [C+sing./pl.v.] (BrE) a professional sports organization that includes the players, managers, owners and members: Manchester United Football Club music / dancing 4 [C] a place where people, especially young people, go and listen to music, dance, etc: a jazz club * the club scene in Newcastle seealsoCLUBBING, NIGHTCLUB, STRIPCLUB social 5 [C+sing./pl.v.] (especially in Britain) an organization and a place where people, usually men only, can meet together socially or stay: He's a member of several London clubs. selling books / cds 6 [C] an organization that sells books, CDs, etc. cheaply to its members: a music / record club seealsoBOOKCLUB weapon 7 [C] a heavy stick with one end thicker than the other, that is used as a weapon seealsoBILLYCLUB in golf 8 [C] = GOLFCLUB in card games 9 (clubs) [pl.,U] one of the four set of cards (called SUITS) in a pack/deck of cards. The clubs have a black design shaped like three black leaves on a short stem: the five / queen / ace of clubs 10 [C] one card from the SUIT called clubs: I played a club. IDIOMS be in the club (BrE, informal) to be pregnant moreatJOINv. verb (-bb-) 1 [VN] to hit a person or an animal with a heavy stick or similar object: The victim was clubbed to death with a baseball bat. 2 [V] (go clubbing) (BrE, informal) to spend time dancing and drinking in NIGHTCLUBS PHRASALVERBS club together (BrE) if two or more people club together, they each give an amount of money and the total is used to pay for sth: We clubbed together to buy them a new television.