Word: club Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English clubbe, from Old Norse klubba, klumba (“cudgel”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“clip, clasp; clump, lump; log, block”). Cognate with English clump, cloud, Latin globus, glomus; and perhaps related to Middle Low German kolve (“bulb”), German Kolben (“butt, bulb, club”). Pronunciation: /klʌb/, /klɐb/, /kləb/, /klʊb/ 1. A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything. Labels: countable Example: 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. Example: 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. 2. A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything. Labels: countable 3. A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything. Labels: countable 4. An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation. Labels: countable Example: 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. 5. An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation. Labels: archaic, countable Example: He can have no right to the benefits of Society, who will not pay his Club towards the Support of it. 6. A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund. Example: They laid down the Club. Example: 17 Mat 1660, Samuel Pepys, diary first we went and dined at a French house , but paid 10s for our part of the club 7. An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub. Example: She was sitting in a jazz club, sipping wine and listening to a bass player's solo. 8. A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards. 9. A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards. Example: I've got only one club in my hand. 10. Any set of people with a shared characteristic. Labels: humorous Example: You also hate Night Court? Join the club. Example: Michael stood you up? Welcome to the club. 11. A club sandwich. Example: Crab cake sandwiches, tuna melts, chicken clubs, salmon cakes, and prime-rib sandwiches are usually on the menu. 12. The slice of bread in the middle of a club sandwich. 13. The propeller of an aeroplane. Labels: slang 14. A set which is both closed and unbounded.