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club

Meaning in simple English

US /klʌb/

club means: A group of people who meet or do activities together because they share an interest.

noun

INTEREST GROUPA1

A group of people who meet or do activities together because they share an interest.

  • I joined a chess club.
  • Our club meets every Tuesday.
  • Which school clubs would you like to join?

Similar words: association, society

Common phrases: join a club, a book club, a football club

DANCING VENUEA2

A place where people go, usually at night, to dance, drink, and listen to music.

  • We danced at a club.
  • The club stayed open until four.
  • Have you been to that new club downtown?

Similar words: nightclub

Common phrases: a dance club, at the club, a night club

SPORTS FACILITYA2

A place where members go to play sports, exercise, or use fitness equipment.

  • The club has a pool.
  • I exercise at the health club every morning.
  • Our tennis club built two new courts.

Similar words: sports center, fitness center

Common phrases: a health club, a tennis club, a sports club

HEAVY STICKB2

A thick, heavy stick used as a weapon to hit people or animals.

  • He carried a wooden club.
  • The attacker struck the door with a club.
  • Two heavy clubs lay beside the gate.

Similar words: cudgel, bludgeon

Common phrases: a wooden club, carry a club, a heavy club

CARD SYMBOLB1

The black symbol with three rounded leaves on playing cards; also the group of cards with this symbol.

  • This card has a club on it.
  • She played the ace of clubs.
  • Have you got any clubs in your hand?

Common phrases: a club card, the club suit, a club symbol

GYMNASTICS EQUIPMENTC1

One of a pair of short sticks that a gymnast swings and throws during a performance.

  • The gymnast caught the club.
  • She swung both clubs above her head.
  • His routine ended with a high club throw.

Common phrases: a gymnastics club, a club routine, throw a club

verb

GO DANCINGB1

To visit places at night where people dance, drink, and listen to music.

  • We went clubbing last night.
  • She enjoys clubbing with her friends.
  • Do you still go clubbing every weekend?

How to use it: go clubbing (We go clubbing on Saturday nights.)

Similar words: go clubbing

Common phrases: club with friends, club all night, club in town, club in london

HIT HEAVILYB2

To hit a person or animal with a thick stick or another heavy object.

  • Someone clubbed him from behind.
  • The hunters clubbed the seals on the ice.
  • He was clubbed with a wooden bat.

How to use it: club someone/something with something (The attacker clubbed him with a heavy stick.)

Similar words: bludgeon, cudgel

Common phrases: club someone down, club someone to death

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