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The Meaning of club

  • (n.) A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded the hand; a weapon; a cudgel.
  • (n.) Any card of the suit of cards having a figure like the trefoil or clover leaf. (pl.) The suit of cards having such figure.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.
  • (v. t.) To beat with a club.
  • (v. t.) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.
  • (v. t.) To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end; as, to club exertions.
  • (v. t.) To raise, or defray, by a proportional assesment; as, to club the expense.
  • (v. i.) To form a club; to combine for the promotion of some common object; to unite.
  • (v. i.) To pay on equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense; to pay for something by contribution.
  • (v. i.) To drift in a current with an anchor out.

Synonyms

society , social club , ennead , nightclub , golf club , niner , nightspot , gild , cabaret , night club , clubhouse , golf-club , baseball club , guild , nine , ball club , order , nine-spot , lodge , auberge , company , parliamentary law , decree , rules of order , fellowship , parliamentary procedure , high society , hunting lodge , bon ton , hostel , monastic order , fiat , beau monde , orderliness , purchase order , rescript , inn , edict , hostelry , order of magnitude , indian lodge , smart set , ordination , ordering , companionship , floor show , floorshow , bludgeon , association , alliance , confederacy , familiarity , confederation , federation , participation , community , conjunction , partnership , connection , fraternity , corporation , friendship , union , unite , unify

Antonyms

disintegration , independence , isolation , separation , solitude

Homophones

clubb

Rhymes

bub , bubb , chubb , clubb , cub , drub , dub , grub , grubb , hub , jubb , nightclub , nub , pub , rub , scrub , shrub , snub , squib , strub , strubbe , stub , stubbe , sub , tub , tubb , washtub