<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a heavy stick, usually thicker at one end than at the other, suitable for use as a weapon; a cudgel.</li><li>a group of persons organized for a social, literary, athletic, political, or other purpose: They organized a computer club.</li><li>the building or rooms occupied by such a group.</li><li>an organization that offers its subscribers certain benefits, as discounts, bonuses, or interest, in return for regular purchases or payments: a book club; a record club; a Christmas club.</li><li>Sports. a stick or bat used to drive a ball in various games, as golf.</li><li>a nightclub, especially one in which people dance to popular music, drink, and socialize: Last night we went to all the clubs in town.</li><li>a black trefoil-shaped figure on a playing card.</li><li>a card bearing such figures.</li><li>clubs, (used with a singular or plural verb) the suit so marked: Clubs is trump. Clubs are trump.</li><li>club sandwich.</li><li>Nautical. a short spar attached to the end of a gaff to allow the clew of a gaff topsail to extend beyond the peak of the gaff.</li><li>a short spar attached to the truck of a mast to support the upper part of a club topsail.</li><li>clubfoot (def 3).</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to beat with or as with a club.</li><li>to gather or form into a clublike mass.</li><li>to unite; combine; join together.</li><li>to contribute as one's share toward a joint expense; make up by joint contribution (often followed by up or together): They clubbed their dollars together to buy the expensive present.</li><li>to defray by proportional shares.</li><li>to hold (a rifle, shotgun, etc.) by the barrel, so as to use the stock as a club.</li><li>(used without object) Informal. to go to nightclubs, especially to dance, drink, and socialize: The students at that university go clubbing every Friday night.</li><li>to combine or join together, as for a common purpose.</li><li>to attend a club or a club's activities.</li><li>to gather into a mass.</li><li>to contribute to a common fund.</li><li>Nautical. to drift in a current with an anchor, usually rigged with a spring, dragging or dangling to reduce speed.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>of or relating to a club.</li><li>consisting of a combination of foods offered at the price set on the menu: They allow no substitutions on the club luncheon.</li></ul>