club

1 /klVb/ noun (C)

1 FOR AN ACTIVITY/SPORT (also + plural verb BrE) an organization for people who share a particular interest or enjoy similar activities, such as sports or politics: the Ramblers Club | rugby/golf/squash club etc (=a club for people who play a particular sport) | join a club: It costs -15 to join the club. | belong to a club: She belongs to the local tennis club.

2 PROFESSIONAL SPORT a professional organization including the players, managers, and owners of a sports team: Tottenham Hotspur Football Club (also + plural verb BrE): The club have added a new fast bowler to their line-up. | ball club AmE (=a baseball team)

3 FOR MEN an organization, usually for men only, where they can relax and enjoy social activities

4 BUILDING the building or place where people who belong to an organization meet in order to do activities or play sports: There's a party at the golf club.

5 book/record club etc an organization which people join in order to buy books, records etc cheaply

6 FOR DANCING/MUSIC a place where usually young people go to dance, listen to music, and meet socially: a jazz club | Shall we go to a club?

7 FOR HITTING BALL a special stick used in golf to hit the ball; golf-club (2)

8 WEAPON a thick heavy stick used to hit people or things

9 IN CARD GAMES

a) a black shape with three leaves printed on cards for games

b) the suit (=group of cards) that has this shape printed on them: the ace of clubs

10 in the club BrE humorous if a woman is in the club, she is going to have a baby; pregnant

11 join the club BrE welcome to the club AmE used after someone has described a bad situation that they are in, to tell them that you are in the same situation

-see also: country-club, fan club fan 1 (1), youth-club 2 verb clubbed, clubbing (T) to hit someone hard with a thick heavy object: club sb to death (=kill someone by hitting them several times with a heavy object) club together phrasal verb (I) BrE to share the cost of something with other people: We clubbed together to buy her a present.