club English
Noun
( en noun)
A heavy stick intended for use as a weapon or plaything(w).
*, chapter=12
, title= The Mirror and the Lamp
, passage=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 ,
#An implement to hit the ball in some ballgames, e.g. golf.
An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.
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*: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.
#(lb) The fees associated with belonging to such a club.
#*(rfdate) (Benjamin Franklin):
#*:He can have no right to the benefits of Society, who will not pay his Club towards the Support of it.
A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.
*(w, Roger L'Estrange) (1616-1704)
*:They laid down the club .
*(Samuel Pepys) (1633-1703)
*:We dined at a French house, but paid ten shillings for our part of the club .
An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.
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A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.
#A playing card marked with such a symbol.
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(lb) Any set of people with a shared characteristic.
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Synonyms
* (weapon) cudgel
* (sports association) team
Hyponyms
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Derived terms
* benefit club
* clubbing
* clubfoot
* clubhouse
* club sandwich
* golf club
* nightclub
* on the club
Verb
( clubb)
to hit with a club.
- He clubbed the poor dog.
To join together to form a group.
* Dryden
- Till grosser atoms, tumbling in the stream / Of fancy, madly met, and clubbed into a dream.
(transitive) To combine into a club-shaped mass.
- a medical condition with clubbing of the fingers and toes
To go to nightclubs.
- We went clubbing in Ibiza.
To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense.
* Jonathan Swift
- The owl, the raven, and the bat / Clubbed for a feather to his hat.
To raise, or defray, by a proportional assessment.
- to club the expense
(nautical) To drift in a current with an anchor out.
(military) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.
* {{quote-book
, year=1876
, author=Major-General G. E. Voyle and Captain G. De Saint-Clair-Stevenson, F.R.G.S.
, title=A Military Dictionary, Comprising Terms, Scientific and Otherwise, Connected with the Science of War, Third Edition
, publisher=London: William Clowes & Sons
, page=80
, passage=To club a battalion implies a temporary inability in the commanding officer to restore any given body of men to their natural front in line or column.
}}
To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end.
- to club exertions
(military) To turn the breech of (a musket) uppermost, so as to use it as a club.
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swipe English
Verb
( swip)
To steal or snatch.
- Hey! Who swiped my lunch?
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- "Maybe I could swipe some Tintex from the five-and-dime."
To scan or register by sliding something through a reader.
- He swiped his card at the door.
To grab or bat quickly.
- The cat swiped at the shoelace.
Noun
(countable) A quick grab, bat, or other motion with the hand or paw; A sweep.
(countable) A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.
(countable, informal) A rough guess; an estimate or swag.
- Take a swipe at the answer, even if you're not sure.
(uncountable) Poor, weak beer; small beer.
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