club

club¹ W1S1 [klʌb] n

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1¦(for an activity or sport)¦

2¦(professional sport)¦

3¦(for dancing/music)¦

4¦(traditional men's club)¦

5 book/record/wine etc club

6¦(golf)¦

7¦(weapon)¦

8¦(in card games)¦

9 in the club

10 join the club

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[Date: 1100-1200; : Old Norse; Origin: klubba 'heavy stick']

1.) ¦(FOR AN ACTIVITY OR SPORT)¦

a) [also + plural verb British English]

an organization for people who share a particular interest or enjoy similar activities, or a group of people who meet together to do something they are interested in

rugby/golf/squash etc club

▪ Our chess club really needs new members.

club for

▪ a club for unemployed young people

▪ It costs £15 to join the club .

▪ She belongs to a local health club .

b) the building or place where the members of a particular club meet or play sport

▪ We could have dinner at the golf club.

→↑country club, ↑fan club, ↑youth club

2.) ¦(PROFESSIONAL SPORT)¦ [also + plural verb British English]

especially BrE a professional organization including the players, managers, and owners of a sports team

▪ Manchester United Football Club

3.) ¦(FOR DANCING/MUSIC)¦

a place where people go to dance, listen to music, and meet socially

▪ a jazz club

▪ Shall we go to a club?

▪ I'm not into the club scene at all.

4.) ¦(TRADITIONAL MEN'S CLUB)¦

especially BrE

a) an organization, traditionally for men only, which provides a comfortable place to relax, eat, meet other members, or stay the night

▪ He always stays at his London club.

b) the building where this organization is based

5.) book/record/wine etc club

an organization which people join in order to buy books, records, wine etc cheaply

6.) ¦(GOLF)¦ also golf club

a long thin metal stick used in golf to hit the ball

7.) ¦(WEAPON)¦

a thick heavy stick used to hit people or things

8.) ¦(IN CARD GAMES)¦

a) clubs

one of the four ↑suits (=types of cards) in a set of playing cards, which has the design of three round black leaves in a group together

ten/king etc of clubs

▪ the ace of clubs

b) a card from this suit

▪ You have to play a club.

9.) in the club

BrE old-fashioned if a woman is in the club, she is going to have a baby - used humorously

= ↑pregnant

10.) join the club also welcome to the club AmE

spoken used after someone has described a bad situation that they are in, to tell them that you are in the same situation

▪ 'He never listens to me.' 'Join the club.'

club ²

club² past tense and past participle clubbed present participle clubbing

v [T]

to hit someone hard with a heavy object

▪ baby seals being clubbed to death

club together phr v

if people club together, they share the cost of something

▪ We clubbed together to buy her a present.