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club

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¹ club /ˈklʌb/ noun

plural clubs

¹ club

/ˈklʌb/

noun

plural clubs

Britannica Dictionary definition of CLUB

[count]

a : a group of people who meet to participate in an activity (such as a sport or hobby)

an exclusive social/men's club
Do you belong to any clubs?
My friends and I formed/started a chess club. [=a group of people who play chess together]
She's the club president. = She's the president of the club.

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— see also fan club, glee club, golf club 2

b : the place where the members of a club meet

I'll see you at the club.

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— see also country club, health club

[count] : a sports team or organization

the president of a major-league baseball club
He spent five years with the club.
a ball club
a boxing/football/hockey club

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[count] : an organization in which people agree to buy things (such as books or CDs) regularly in order to receive a benefit (such as lower prices)

Join our movie club now and receive four free DVDs.

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— see also book club

[count] : a business that provides entertainment (such as music, dancing, or a show) and that usually serves food and alcohol : nightclub

a dance club
jazz clubs
comedy clubs [=clubs in which people perform comedy shows]
They went club-hopping. [=they went to several different clubs in one night]

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— often used before another noun

club owners
club music [=dance music that is played in clubs]

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— see also strip club

[count] : a special metal stick used for hitting a golf ball : golf club

I just bought a new set of clubs.

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[count] : a heavy usually wooden stick that is used as a weapon

In battle, they used swords and wooden clubs.

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— see also billy club

a [count] : a playing card that is marked with a black shape that looks like three round leaves

one heart, two diamonds, and two clubs

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— see picture at playing card

b clubs [plural] : the suit in a deck of playing cards that consists of cards marked by a black shape that looks like three round leaves

the nine of clubs

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— compare diamond, heart, spade

[count] informal : club sandwich

She ordered a turkey club with French fries.

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in the club

British, informal

: pregnant

join the club

informal also welcome to the club

— used to say that the problems or feelings someone is having are problems or feelings that you have had yourself

If you don't understand the rules, join the club: no one else does either!

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— often used to suggest that a person's problems or feelings are not unusual and do not deserve much sympathy

So you think you deserve to be paid more money for your work? Well, join the club. [=lots of people think they deserve more money]
“My son won't do what I tell him to do.” “Join the club. I can't get my daughter to obey me, either.”

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