club
/klʌb/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.20 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.
Countable
noun
A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.
Countable
noun
A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.
Countable
noun
An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.
Countable
noun
An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.
Archaic; Countable
noun
An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.
Example Sentences
- "There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,[…], and all these articles[…] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished."
- "The attack also afforded Helena to a front-seat view of literal air-to-air melee combat, as one Wildcat pilot of the Cactus Air Force, who was swooping in to help break up the attack, found himself out of machine-gun ammo; instead, he dropped his landing gear, positioned himself above the nearest bomber, and begun beating it to death, in midair, using his landing gear as clubs. After a bit of evasive action that the fighter easily kept up with, the repeated slamming broke something important, and the bomber spiralled down into the sea."
- "At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.[…]In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass."
- "He can have no right to the benefits of Society, who will not pay his Club towards the Support of it."
- "They laid down the Club."
- "17 Mat 1660, Samuel Pepys, diary first we went and dined at a French house , but paid 10s for our part of the club"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: clubbe, klubba, *klumpô
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /klʌb/
- British English: /klʌb/