"clubs" in the noun sense
1. baseball club, ball club, club, nine
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
"each club played six home games with teams in its own division"
2. club, social club, society, guild, gild, lodge, order
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"
3. club
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. clubhouse, club
a building that is occupied by a social club
"the clubhouse needed a new roof"
5. golf club, golf-club, golfclub, club
golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball
6. club
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. cabaret, nightclub, night club, club, nightspot
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"
"clubs" in the verb sense
1. club
unite with a common purpose
"The two men clubbed together"
2. club
gather and spend time together
"They always club together"
3. club, bludgeon
strike with a club or a bludgeon
4. club
gather into a club-like mass
"club hair"
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