club

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
  • don't expect a good meal at a cabaret
    
  • the gossip columnist got his information by visiting nightclubs every night
    
  • he played the drums at a jazz club
    

• a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it
  • he led a small club
    
  • clubs were trumps
    

• golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball

• a building that is occupied by a social club
  • the clubhouse needed a new roof
    

• stout stick that is larger at one end
  • he carried a club in self defense
    
  • he felt as if he had been hit with a club
    

• a formal association of people with similar interests
  • he joined a golf club
    
  • they formed a small lunch society
    
  • men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today
    

• a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
  • each club played six home games with teams in its own division
    

Verb

• gather into a club-like mass
  • club hair
    

• strike with a club or a bludgeon

• gather and spend time together
  • They always club together
    

• unite with a common purpose
  • The two men clubbed together
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  cabaret , nightclub , night club , nightspot , golf club , golf-club , clubhouse , social club , society , guild , gild , lodge , order , baseball club , ball club , nine , bludgeon