club meaning and definition

CLUB noun

Definition of club (noun)

1. a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
   • "each club played six home games with teams in its own division"
   • synonyms: ball club, baseball club, nine
2. 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"
   • synonyms: gild, guild, lodge, order, social club, society
3. 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"
4. a building that is occupied by a social club
   • "the clubhouse needed a new roof"
   • synonyms: clubhouse
5. golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball
   • synonyms: golf club, golf-club
6. a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it
   • "he led a small club"; "clubs were trumps"
7. 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"
   • synonyms: cabaret, night club, nightclub, nightspot

CLUB verb

Definition of club (verb)

1. unite with a common purpose
   • "The two men clubbed together"
2. gather and spend time together
   • "They always club together"
3. strike with a club or a bludgeon
   • synonyms: bludgeon
4. gather into a club-like mass
   • "club hair"