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nounPlural clubs klʌbkləb 1treated as singular or plural An association dedicated to a particular interest or activity. I belong to a photographic club as modifier the club secretary Example sentencesExamples - This is part of the club's fund raising activities and in all over thirty kids will make the journey.
- Its sub groups included clubs for activities like drama, art and crafts, and country dancing.
- To establish special interest groups and clubs to meet the needs of the young people.
- They stress the importance of club activities to the creation of a healthy, well-rounded individual.
- She began the year eating lunch alone in the library, and put aside any interest in school clubs and activities.
- In that first issue the Editor found space to give an account of the activities of several clubs and associations, some of which are no longer functioning.
- The secretary gave a detailed report on the activities of the club during the year.
- College campuses are rife with activities, interesting speakers, clubs, performances, you name it.
- Sadly around fifteen years ago interest waned and the club ceased to be active.
- This course may be of particular interest to clubs and societies in the area.
- In motoring, the state automobile associations began as sporting clubs but quickly became service organisations and insurers.
- The club have plenty of activities lined up and are looking forward to a busy year.
- A committee of young people has been set up to run the club and its activities.
- The hotel offers free swimming for children and other special discounts on club activities.
- If the school allows parent-organised clubs to meet on school premises, then it must do so on a neutral basis.
- I had asthma, various allergies and a sharp pain in my right side, so I joined a slimming club.
- If we are to move forward, we must espouse this more positive approach in all dimensions of the club's activity.
- Reports on the club's activities and finances were given by the secretary and treasurer.
- You are asked to list recreational interests and activities, membership of clubs and societies.
- He also thanked the local media for the publicity it had given the club's activities over the past number of years.
- The club would include creative activities such as arts and crafts.
Synonyms society, association, organization, institution, group - 1.1 The premises used by a particular club.
Example sentencesExamples - All licensed premises such as pubs, clubs, restaurants and even cinemas and theatres will have to apply for new style licences.
- After a gourmet meal overlooking the Adriatic, the couple can take a short walk and visit one of the many wine bars, jazz clubs or outdoor theatres the city has to offer.
- Nursing homes, social clubs, pubs, filling stations and hotels across the city have all been gobbled up by developers and turned into flats.
- I had walked into the jazz club with little or no expectations.
- The jazz club where I used to hang out in the city centre was raided last week.
- There are pubs, clubs, bars, restaurants, cafes, galleries and museums - facilities galore.
- Visually, the film perfectly recreates the dark and smoky atmosphere of 1950s jazz clubs.
- Later we will have dinner and drinks, before dancing the night away at a jazz club.
- As a teenager, he had sat in the coffee bars and jazz clubs, and later watched rock 'n' roll and blues enter the city.
- And pubs, clubs and other licensed premises were gearing up for the new era of drinking, with the launch of the new, more flexible licensing laws.
- His father was in the hospitality business, being involved with restaurants, jazz clubs and a small hotel.
- They were also told to stay away from any licensed premises, particularly pubs and clubs.
- My parents use to sneak me into jazz clubs when I was underage
- Tens of thousands of revellers are expected to flock into the city centre's pubs, bars, clubs and restaurants.
- It is thought that the attack took place at a club in empty premises above shops.
- Like many other people here, I would rather spend the evening at home than risk going to a bar, club or restaurant.
- He gives concerts every Friday evening in the vineyard jazz club and I have yet to get out there to witness this prodigy.
- It will make it an offence to light up in a pub, bar, club or restaurant and offenders could be fined.
- Pubs,clubs and other licensed premises in most of Australia will be smoke free by July, officials announced last week.
- I usually have to go into Manchester if I want to go to a jazz club, for example.
- 1.2 An organization offering members social amenities, meals, and temporary residence.
we had dinner at his club Example sentencesExamples - It could also force change on social clubs and other organisations which insist that male members wear ties.
- The first members of these clubs were military officers, landowners, and professional and business men.
- 1.3usually with modifier A commercial organization offering members special benefits.
Example sentencesExamples - Becoming a member of an investment club would benefit her greatly.
- You may have a drink or a snack at the Pool Bar at pool club membership prices.
- There is also the threat of a competition across the area from commercial health and fitness clubs.
- Car club members pay a monthly subscription and then hire by the hour for less than usual car hire rates.
- 1.4with adjective or noun modifier A group of people or nations having something in common.
the wild man of the movies refused to join the teetotal club Example sentencesExamples - Poland was finally confirmed as one of the new club of European nations.
- How many nations need to join the nuclear club before we need a newer, nastier Deadliest Weapon In The Universe?
Synonyms society, association, organization, institution, group
2treated as singular or plural An organization constituted to play matches in a particular sport. Example sentencesExamples - He was a nice man to work for and he made me the club captain for the first time in my career.
- Although he has played some club matches, this will be his initial first-class game.
- I pulled him back into the football club and gave him a year's contract with a view to making it longer.
- They have grown to become the biggest club in the Football League.
- The sixth game was evenly matched, with both clubs playing good defense and the pitchers throwing well.
- A lot of the players here haven't got the passion needed to play at this football club.
- A board member of a football club has managed to secure one of the most sought after signatures in the game.
- From the outside, one would have to say he was not in control of the football club.
- The council had so far employed six players from the football club and was considering employing some more.
- I remember the Boxing Day matches between the two clubs and the fierce rivalry they generated.
- All this of course costs a great deal of money and it seems that our flagship clubs in whatever sport are struggling to find the sponsors locally.
- At that same moment, the captain of the badminton club walked into the gym.
- In recent years there have been hardly any problems at club matches or international games.
- He is a great player and captain for both club and country and that is why I have put him in my dream team.
- So what if she next decides she wants her own football club, playing at the bottom of her garden.
- Can we blame league club managers for not motivating their players to work harder to become more skilled by practising much more?
- Yes we do have a problem with a minority of fans at away games, but so does every football club in the country.
- Any player who cannot play, please inform your club captain, so a reserve pair can take your place.
- He said the team was playing training matches with local clubs to help it tune up for the tournament.
- He is club captain and that's why, if he's back, it's going to be a big boost for the other players.
Synonyms team, squad, side, group, line-up 3A nightclub playing fashionable dance music. as modifier the club scene Example sentencesExamples - A lot of the club and rave scene is decadent and I really don't like this aspect.
- They have a new night that promises to rehabilitate the northern club scene, go check it out!
- When the chance came up again to run one of London's big clubs, ego replaced common sense.
- One analyst of the afterhours scene thinks the clubs should be encouraged rather than attacked.
- It is also the ideal spot for teenagers who love lying out on the beach and then hitting the amusement park and the pubs and clubs at night.
- This music revolution seems to have had great effect on the local club scene, or has it really?
- However, their club scene took off and they went from strength to strength.
- Before these larger clubs came on the scene, there already was music being played here.
- They are not an option at any decent night club (many clubs nowadays have stricter dress codes than some offices).
- May we have a definite decision on the policy of opening hours for the clubs, bars and night spots?
- This collection features only the songs that created the disco scene in the clubs of early 1970s New York.
- When the band finishes the stage is quickly cleared, and the club night starts in earnest.
- The small town businesses were closing up and letting the clubs and hot spots take over the night shift.
- He was in his early 20s when he became a DJ and began to play at clubs and night spots throughout the region.
- They do like to go for it on a night out, hence our vibrant club culture.
- Live music thumps out of the bars and clubs, a music scene that has produced artists as varied as The Undertones and Dana.
- For the first time in my life however, I really want to be young again so I can be part of the club scene.
- On the club front, every night seems to have limitless beat potential this weekend.
- This is a representation of the club scene; I love the gold lamé trousers!
- For the most part I have felt welcomed by the male DJs from the club and rave scenes.
Synonyms nightclub, night spot, disco, discotheque, cabaret club, supper club, bar informal hot spot, nite club, niterie
verbclubs, clubbing, clubbed klʌbkləb [no object]1club togetherBritish Combine with others so as to collect a sum of money for a particular purpose. friends and colleagues clubbed together to buy him a present Example sentencesExamples - Many retailers are giving a discount on six or more bottles, so it also makes economic sense to club together with friends or family.
- The directors could club together to buy such an establishment but that is unlikely to go down well with the players.
- We should really club together and get them the latest album.
- I asked if we could club together to pay the fee and was told no.
- Alternatively, club together with a bunch of mates and rent a superb seafront villa in Ibiza.
- A team of oxen at ploughing time was vital and a village might club together to buy one or two and then use them on a rota basis.
- They clubbed together and bought a collective gravestone.
- The scheme encourages residents to club together to raise money to install gates at the entrance of alleyways.
- Traders decided to club together to fund a promotion aimed at presenting a better image of the area.
- Then I saw the staff club together to try to buy some gifts for the men and women who would be spending Christmas as patients on the ward.
- Businesses, friends and relatives have clubbed together to raise money to help his parents cope with the financial burden by setting up a special trust fund.
- Cleaners working early hours would often club together and order a private-hire car.
- I often encourage them to club together to buy a particular wine if they want to taste it.
- Some friends recently clubbed together to buy me a telescope for my 40th birthday, and I've had great pleasure from it.
- If not the band will have to club together to buy a new set.
- Shortly after I had got my guitar, Tony and I decided to club together and buy a proper amp.
- They have to drop their parochial attitude, club together and shape their own futures.
- It sounded like the pair of them were trying to club together to buy a bag of chips and get a taxi home.
- Residents in blocks of flats had begun to club together to buy generators.
- Instead, the borough's mayor is urging schools, churches and voluntary groups to club together and make sure lonely elderly people still enjoy Christmas cheer.
Synonyms pool resources, make a kitty, join forces, make a joint contribution, divide/share costs team up, join up, band together, come together, get together, pull together, collaborate, ally informal have a whip-round, chip in 2informal Go out to nightclubs. she enjoys going clubbing in Oxford Example sentencesExamples - One of the true treasures in life is knowing the location of a late-night spot where you can get food after a night of clubbing.
- The man himself got out of the driver's seat along with several other people, who were all dressed up for a night of clubbing.
- She looks like someone who works in a bank and has a cool haircut for going clubbing on the weekend.
- The clubbing is really great, but there are also such beautiful places, like the Great Barrier Reef.
- This new age approach to clubbing is paying dividends, with the club turning away hundreds of people every weekend.
- I'm going clubbing to put my newly found masculinity to the test.
- He needed to keep an eye on her, he'd decided earlier this evening, when he'd heard they were all going clubbing.
- On the weekends she was likely to be hanging out with her friends, going clubbing at a nightclub or to a rock concert.
- For good or ill, leisure developments, late night drinking and clubbing are part of the 21st century scene.
- Her new life, sharing digs with fellow models and going clubbing for the first time in her life, was a shock.
- Sit back for a moment and imagine a glamorous night of clubbing in Paris.
- I've always found going clubbing mildly ridiculous, which probably added to the novelty of last night's outing.
- I'm going to have some drinks, catch up with an old friend and do some clubbing.
- I'm staying in a hotel this time, to enjoy a Saturday night of clubbing.
- Had they been going clubbing, he would have been more appropriately dressed.
- The rest of the weekend was spent clubbing and not getting enough sleep.
- Saturday is all set to be the best night's clubbing of the year so far.
- He said that the atmosphere was relaxed because it was a family resort, without much clubbing or loud music.
- When I was about fifteen I started going clubbing.
- I highly recommend this place to start off the night of clubbing.
Phrases in the club (or the pudding club) Example sentencesExamples - The last I heard of him was that his girlfriend was in the club and they left, leaving us alone again.
Synonyms expecting a baby, having a baby, with a baby on the way, having a child, expectant, carrying a child
informal in imperativeUsed as an observation that someone else is in a similar difficult situation to oneself. if you're confused, join the club! Example sentencesExamples - But if you're wondering what the hell I'm stammering about in the final minute, join the club!
- So you see, when the Prime Minister says he could do with some co-operation, join the club, so could we.
Derivatives noun ˈklʌbəˈkləbər informal A person who frequently goes to clubs that play dance music. he scratched records and played some tunes for the crowd of clubbers Example sentencesExamples - They have created a no-go area for traffic around the club to minimise the chances of clubbers being knocked down by cars and to stop illegal taxi touts.
- Once this music inspired dance-floor euphoria, whipped crowds of clubbers into arm-waving frenzies.
- Detectives are now keen to trace clubbers from the party.
Origin Early 17th century (as a verb): formed obscurely from club2. In the sense ‘a heavy stick with a thick end’ club comes from Old Norse clubba, and is related to clump (Middle English). The use of the word to refer to a society or association of people who share a particular interest dates from the early 17th century. It appears to have derived gradually from the idea of a group of people forming into a mass like the thick end of a club.
Rhymes blub, bub, chub, Chubb, cub, drub, dub, flub, grub, hub, nub, pub, rub, scrub, shrub, slub, snub, stub, sub, tub nounPlural clubsklʌbkləb 1A heavy stick with a thick end, used as a weapon. they beat him with a wooden club Example sentencesExamples - Wielding his weapon like a club he charged the remaining two guards and flung himself at them.
- Newspapers reported a fierce clash between troops and a group of hundreds of students armed with swords and wooden clubs.
- Other researchers think that the head injuries resulted from fights using clubs or other weapons.
- Hundreds of hired thugs attacked a group of farmers in the village with hunting rifles, clubs and other weapons.
- Police said youth armed with machetes, knives, clubs and stones surrounded the building.
- They also make their own canoes as well as fishing and hunting implements such as spears, clubs, blow guns, arrows, and darts.
- Ironically, guns have replaced knives and clubs as the weapons of choice among many criminals.
- Thugs came to my house wielding clubs and swords.
- I saw an extremist mob with clubs and swords standing on the other side of the road.
- The security forces unleashed an immense barrage of teargas as well as using water cannon and clubs.
- Alongside bows and arrows, clubs seem to have been a favourite weapon.
- Between four and five men, armed with weapons including a shotgun and a club, broke into the secluded home early yesterday.
- A 78-year-old woman sent a robber packing after she cracked him across the head with a wooden club.
- The situation escalated, with villagers attacking each other with clubs and other weapons.
- Many of the arms were ‘low-tech weapons’ like studded clubs, knives and spears.
- In that incident, police used tear gas, clubs, heavy plastic shields and live ammunition against the protesters.
- Militants wielding clubs and sticks chased the farmer into his house, demanding he leave the property.
Synonyms cudgel, truncheon, bludgeon, baton, stick, mace, staff, bat North American blackjack, billy, billy club, nightstick in Ireland shillelagh Indian lathi, danda South African kierie, knobkerrie British informal cosh, life preserver - 1.1
short for golf club Example sentencesExamples - Rattle the clubs in your bag when the opponent is addressing a shot.
- He was so tired after holing the winning putt and putting the clubs away that they were not brought out again until Tuesday.
- Every golfer is different, so the right 14 clubs for your buddy may not be right for you.
- Dad eventually got me a set of second-hand clubs, and I've been playing ever since.
- Without some good common sense and a notion of how hard golf balls and clubs are, a golf course can be a very dangerous place.
- I try to get the feeling that my left hand pushes the club away at the start of the backswing.
- You don't have to invest in a complete set of clubs in the beginning.
- How much can a golfer have clubs lengthened or shortened to compensate for height?
- I also know that many golfers have already begun the season, but I'm just digging my clubs out of the garage.
- What's clear, though, is that all you need to play it is three clubs: a driver, a wedge and a putter.
- I change my clubs quite a bit, depending on the type of golf course I'm playing.
- To hit it higher I widen my stance, which lowers my hands and adds loft to the club.
- There's a good selection of lightweight Sunday bags on the market, and you don't need to carry a full set of clubs.
- Aim at a spot an inch or two behind the ball, take an upright backswing and drop the club on that spot.
- Also, most golfers slice, so they swing the club to the left in an attempt to compensate.
- Then he hands the girls two clubs and two golf balls.
- I always use the same six clubs, working my way up from the sand wedge to the driver.
- This swing lets the loft of the club get the ball in the air the way it should.
- The key to good tempo is to keep the club speed the same during the backswing and the downswing.
- Anyone wishing to experience golf for the first time will receive one-hour of free coaching, when golf balls and clubs are also provided free.
2clubsOne of the four suits in a conventional pack of playing cards, denoted by a black trefoil. Example sentencesExamples - The chief differences are that you must make an exact bid instead of a minimum bid, and clubs are trump.
- The player with the higher of the two cards (ace of spades is highest, 2 of clubs lowest) will deal the cards for the next match.
- The queen of clubs belongs for all purposes to the trump suit, not to the club suit.
- He has, among other cards, an 8 of clubs.
- Whoever has the two of clubs (or diamonds if the clubs are trump) leads first.
- In other words, it is of the club suit and outranked by all other clubs.
- At the same time, the card cheat is glancing furtively around to make sure no one is watching while he pulls an extra ace of clubs from his belt.
- When 5 play it is necessary to take out two cards - the twos of clubs and diamonds.
- For example if hearts are trumps, the jack of clubs is the highest heart, and has nothing whatever to do with the club suit.
- He had an ace and king of clubs, which meant I needed diamonds or tens.
- As a wit summed it up: When there is no agreement as to which suit is trumps, clubs are always trumps.
- For example if we are partners, we might agree that a bid of one club by me shows a strong hand, but has nothing to do with wanting clubs as trumps.
- Her cards are strong - she has the ace of diamonds, the ace and queen of clubs, the ace and king of hearts.
- The four of clubs is described by some as the Devil's bedstead and is loathed by many players, who claim that no good hand can include this card.
- The card much to her disappointment was the mere four of clubs.
- She had only the Ace of clubs and the Jack of hearts.
- The player who was dealt the 2 of clubs is not allowed to discard it to the trump pile, since it must be led to the first trick.
- Players should now sort out the cards according to suit hearts, clubs, etc.
- My father also had an ace of hearts, an ace of clubs and the fifth card was a jack of spades.
- I looked at the card and could hardly believe it - seven of clubs.
- 2.1 A card of such a suit.
Example sentencesExamples - Since player one now realizes that the other's card is not a club, he turns over all cards that aren't clubs.
- If the turned up card is a club, then clubs are automatically trump.
- Suppose its late in the game, and you have a lot of trumps, and 2 medium-to-high ranking clubs.
verbclubs, clubbing, clubbedklʌbkləb [with object]Beat (a person or animal) with a club or similar implement. the islanders clubbed whales to death Example sentencesExamples - My fists balled, I clubbed the man on the back of the head, grabbing his keys as he fell.
- Personally, I think these practitioners should be clubbed over the head.
- But if the police clubbed this guy to death, I was determined to run into the alley and stop the violence.
- I reached for a rock and clubbed him from behind.
- Graphic images of seals being clubbed to death or shot helps sustain an international boycott on their fur.
- She was attacked from behind and probably never even saw the killer who clubbed her three times over the head with a rounded blunt instrument, possibly a hammer.
- Captured once, he escaped and survived another year before being clubbed to death.
- Last August one diner clubbed another with a baseball bat when the latter intervened in a dispute over a missing cheeseburger.
- A teenage security guard today spoke of his terror as he was repeatedly clubbed over the head with the handle of a gun by an armed robber.
- She recalls seeing a kind looking elderly gentleman being clubbed to death by someone she recognized.
- He struggled even harder against his bonds, until someone clubbed him in the back of the head.
- The chicks are clubbed to death and then decapitated.
- It appears that after Cook was wounded in the back, islanders clubbed him to death.
- The animals were usually clubbed to death when they came ashore to breed.
- Stragglers were shot and those that fell down exhausted were clubbed to death or left to die.
- I swung and clubbed him on the side of the jaw with the manacles, sending him tumbling.
- A young couple were robbed by thugs who clubbed the boyfriend with a wooden pole.
- There were reports that the police clubbed several women, though there were no hospital reports of injuries.
- A security guard was in hospital today after gun-toting robbers clubbed him over the head in a raid on a supermarket.
- They ran him through with their bayonets and clubbed him with iron bars.
Synonyms cudgel, bludgeon, bash, beat/strike with a stick hit, strike, beat, beat up, batter, belabour informal clout, clobber British informal cosh informal, dated baste
Origin Middle English: from Old Norse clubba, variant of klumba; related to clump. nounkləbkləb 1treated as singular or plural An association or organization dedicated to a particular interest or activity. as modifier the club secretary Example sentencesExamples - They stress the importance of club activities to the creation of a healthy, well-rounded individual.
- This is part of the club's fund raising activities and in all over thirty kids will make the journey.
- College campuses are rife with activities, interesting speakers, clubs, performances, you name it.
- You are asked to list recreational interests and activities, membership of clubs and societies.
- In that first issue the Editor found space to give an account of the activities of several clubs and associations, some of which are no longer functioning.
- The club would include creative activities such as arts and crafts.
- Reports on the club's activities and finances were given by the secretary and treasurer.
- I had asthma, various allergies and a sharp pain in my right side, so I joined a slimming club.
- She began the year eating lunch alone in the library, and put aside any interest in school clubs and activities.
- The club have plenty of activities lined up and are looking forward to a busy year.
- Its sub groups included clubs for activities like drama, art and crafts, and country dancing.
- A committee of young people has been set up to run the club and its activities.
- This course may be of particular interest to clubs and societies in the area.
- The hotel offers free swimming for children and other special discounts on club activities.
- Sadly around fifteen years ago interest waned and the club ceased to be active.
- To establish special interest groups and clubs to meet the needs of the young people.
- He also thanked the local media for the publicity it had given the club's activities over the past number of years.
- In motoring, the state automobile associations began as sporting clubs but quickly became service organisations and insurers.
- If we are to move forward, we must espouse this more positive approach in all dimensions of the club's activity.
- The secretary gave a detailed report on the activities of the club during the year.
- If the school allows parent-organised clubs to meet on school premises, then it must do so on a neutral basis.
Synonyms society, association, organization, institution, group - 1.1 The building or facilities used by a club.
Example sentencesExamples - Pubs,clubs and other licensed premises in most of Australia will be smoke free by July, officials announced last week.
- Like many other people here, I would rather spend the evening at home than risk going to a bar, club or restaurant.
- Later we will have dinner and drinks, before dancing the night away at a jazz club.
- I had walked into the jazz club with little or no expectations.
- Visually, the film perfectly recreates the dark and smoky atmosphere of 1950s jazz clubs.
- My parents use to sneak me into jazz clubs when I was underage
- Tens of thousands of revellers are expected to flock into the city centre's pubs, bars, clubs and restaurants.
- I usually have to go into Manchester if I want to go to a jazz club, for example.
- As a teenager, he had sat in the coffee bars and jazz clubs, and later watched rock 'n' roll and blues enter the city.
- It will make it an offence to light up in a pub, bar, club or restaurant and offenders could be fined.
- And pubs, clubs and other licensed premises were gearing up for the new era of drinking, with the launch of the new, more flexible licensing laws.
- They were also told to stay away from any licensed premises, particularly pubs and clubs.
- The jazz club where I used to hang out in the city centre was raided last week.
- After a gourmet meal overlooking the Adriatic, the couple can take a short walk and visit one of the many wine bars, jazz clubs or outdoor theatres the city has to offer.
- Nursing homes, social clubs, pubs, filling stations and hotels across the city have all been gobbled up by developers and turned into flats.
- It is thought that the attack took place at a club in empty premises above shops.
- There are pubs, clubs, bars, restaurants, cafes, galleries and museums - facilities galore.
- He gives concerts every Friday evening in the vineyard jazz club and I have yet to get out there to witness this prodigy.
- His father was in the hospitality business, being involved with restaurants, jazz clubs and a small hotel.
- All licensed premises such as pubs, clubs, restaurants and even cinemas and theatres will have to apply for new style licences.
- 1.2 An organization or facility offering members social amenities, meals, and temporary residence.
we had dinner at his club Example sentencesExamples - It could also force change on social clubs and other organisations which insist that male members wear ties.
- The first members of these clubs were military officers, landowners, and professional and business men.
- 1.3 A nightclub, especially one playing fashionable dance music.
Example sentencesExamples - They have a new night that promises to rehabilitate the northern club scene, go check it out!
- May we have a definite decision on the policy of opening hours for the clubs, bars and night spots?
- Before these larger clubs came on the scene, there already was music being played here.
- He was in his early 20s when he became a DJ and began to play at clubs and night spots throughout the region.
- A lot of the club and rave scene is decadent and I really don't like this aspect.
- For the most part I have felt welcomed by the male DJs from the club and rave scenes.
- The small town businesses were closing up and letting the clubs and hot spots take over the night shift.
- This music revolution seems to have had great effect on the local club scene, or has it really?
- They do like to go for it on a night out, hence our vibrant club culture.
- This collection features only the songs that created the disco scene in the clubs of early 1970s New York.
- However, their club scene took off and they went from strength to strength.
- They are not an option at any decent night club (many clubs nowadays have stricter dress codes than some offices).
- Live music thumps out of the bars and clubs, a music scene that has produced artists as varied as The Undertones and Dana.
- When the chance came up again to run one of London's big clubs, ego replaced common sense.
- One analyst of the afterhours scene thinks the clubs should be encouraged rather than attacked.
- For the first time in my life however, I really want to be young again so I can be part of the club scene.
- When the band finishes the stage is quickly cleared, and the club night starts in earnest.
- This is a representation of the club scene; I love the gold lamé trousers!
- On the club front, every night seems to have limitless beat potential this weekend.
- It is also the ideal spot for teenagers who love lying out on the beach and then hitting the amusement park and the pubs and clubs at night.
Synonyms nightclub, night spot, disco, discotheque, cabaret club, supper club, bar - 1.4treated as singular or plural An organization constituted to play games in a particular sport.
as modifier the club captain Example sentencesExamples - He said the team was playing training matches with local clubs to help it tune up for the tournament.
- All this of course costs a great deal of money and it seems that our flagship clubs in whatever sport are struggling to find the sponsors locally.
- A lot of the players here haven't got the passion needed to play at this football club.
- The sixth game was evenly matched, with both clubs playing good defense and the pitchers throwing well.
- He is a great player and captain for both club and country and that is why I have put him in my dream team.
- From the outside, one would have to say he was not in control of the football club.
- Although he has played some club matches, this will be his initial first-class game.
- He was a nice man to work for and he made me the club captain for the first time in my career.
- So what if she next decides she wants her own football club, playing at the bottom of her garden.
- The council had so far employed six players from the football club and was considering employing some more.
- I remember the Boxing Day matches between the two clubs and the fierce rivalry they generated.
- Yes we do have a problem with a minority of fans at away games, but so does every football club in the country.
- He is club captain and that's why, if he's back, it's going to be a big boost for the other players.
- In recent years there have been hardly any problems at club matches or international games.
- They have grown to become the biggest club in the Football League.
- Any player who cannot play, please inform your club captain, so a reserve pair can take your place.
- At that same moment, the captain of the badminton club walked into the gym.
- I pulled him back into the football club and gave him a year's contract with a view to making it longer.
- A board member of a football club has managed to secure one of the most sought after signatures in the game.
- Can we blame league club managers for not motivating their players to work harder to become more skilled by practising much more?
Synonyms team, squad, side, group, line-up - 1.5usually with modifier A commercial organization offering subscribers special benefits.
Example sentencesExamples - There is also the threat of a competition across the area from commercial health and fitness clubs.
- You may have a drink or a snack at the Pool Bar at pool club membership prices.
- Car club members pay a monthly subscription and then hire by the hour for less than usual car hire rates.
- Becoming a member of an investment club would benefit her greatly.
- 1.6with adjective or noun modifier A group of people, organizations, or nations having something in common.
in cocktail lounges all over town convenes the daily meeting of the ain't-it-awful club Example sentencesExamples - How many nations need to join the nuclear club before we need a newer, nastier Deadliest Weapon In The Universe?
- Poland was finally confirmed as one of the new club of European nations.
Synonyms society, association, organization, institution, group
verbkləbkləb [no object]informal Go out to nightclubs. she enjoys going clubbing in Orlando Example sentencesExamples - Had they been going clubbing, he would have been more appropriately dressed.
- He needed to keep an eye on her, he'd decided earlier this evening, when he'd heard they were all going clubbing.
- The rest of the weekend was spent clubbing and not getting enough sleep.
- This new age approach to clubbing is paying dividends, with the club turning away hundreds of people every weekend.
- I'm going clubbing to put my newly found masculinity to the test.
- On the weekends she was likely to be hanging out with her friends, going clubbing at a nightclub or to a rock concert.
- When I was about fifteen I started going clubbing.
- He said that the atmosphere was relaxed because it was a family resort, without much clubbing or loud music.
- I've always found going clubbing mildly ridiculous, which probably added to the novelty of last night's outing.
- The clubbing is really great, but there are also such beautiful places, like the Great Barrier Reef.
- She looks like someone who works in a bank and has a cool haircut for going clubbing on the weekend.
- I'm going to have some drinks, catch up with an old friend and do some clubbing.
- Her new life, sharing digs with fellow models and going clubbing for the first time in her life, was a shock.
- For good or ill, leisure developments, late night drinking and clubbing are part of the 21st century scene.
- Saturday is all set to be the best night's clubbing of the year so far.
- One of the true treasures in life is knowing the location of a late-night spot where you can get food after a night of clubbing.
- I'm staying in a hotel this time, to enjoy a Saturday night of clubbing.
- The man himself got out of the driver's seat along with several other people, who were all dressed up for a night of clubbing.
- Sit back for a moment and imagine a glamorous night of clubbing in Paris.
- I highly recommend this place to start off the night of clubbing.
Phrases in the club (or the pudding club) Example sentencesExamples - The last I heard of him was that his girlfriend was in the club and they left, leaving us alone again.
Synonyms expecting a baby, having a baby, with a baby on the way, having a child, expectant, carrying a child
informal in imperativeUsed as an observation that someone else is in a difficult or unwelcome situation similar to one's own. if you're confused, join the club! Example sentencesExamples - So you see, when the Prime Minister says he could do with some co-operation, join the club, so could we.
- But if you're wondering what the hell I'm stammering about in the final minute, join the club!
Origin Early 17th century (as a verb): formed obscurely from club. nounkləbkləb 1A heavy stick with a thick end, especially one used as a weapon. Example sentencesExamples - Ironically, guns have replaced knives and clubs as the weapons of choice among many criminals.
- Alongside bows and arrows, clubs seem to have been a favourite weapon.
- Hundreds of hired thugs attacked a group of farmers in the village with hunting rifles, clubs and other weapons.
- They also make their own canoes as well as fishing and hunting implements such as spears, clubs, blow guns, arrows, and darts.
- Between four and five men, armed with weapons including a shotgun and a club, broke into the secluded home early yesterday.
- In that incident, police used tear gas, clubs, heavy plastic shields and live ammunition against the protesters.
- Newspapers reported a fierce clash between troops and a group of hundreds of students armed with swords and wooden clubs.
- Militants wielding clubs and sticks chased the farmer into his house, demanding he leave the property.
- Thugs came to my house wielding clubs and swords.
- The security forces unleashed an immense barrage of teargas as well as using water cannon and clubs.
- A 78-year-old woman sent a robber packing after she cracked him across the head with a wooden club.
- Police said youth armed with machetes, knives, clubs and stones surrounded the building.
- The situation escalated, with villagers attacking each other with clubs and other weapons.
- Other researchers think that the head injuries resulted from fights using clubs or other weapons.
- I saw an extremist mob with clubs and swords standing on the other side of the road.
- Many of the arms were ‘low-tech weapons’ like studded clubs, knives and spears.
- Wielding his weapon like a club he charged the remaining two guards and flung himself at them.
Synonyms cudgel, truncheon, bludgeon, baton, stick, mace, staff, bat - 1.1
short for golf club Example sentencesExamples - Then he hands the girls two clubs and two golf balls.
- You don't have to invest in a complete set of clubs in the beginning.
- Aim at a spot an inch or two behind the ball, take an upright backswing and drop the club on that spot.
- He was so tired after holing the winning putt and putting the clubs away that they were not brought out again until Tuesday.
- How much can a golfer have clubs lengthened or shortened to compensate for height?
- Also, most golfers slice, so they swing the club to the left in an attempt to compensate.
- I change my clubs quite a bit, depending on the type of golf course I'm playing.
- I always use the same six clubs, working my way up from the sand wedge to the driver.
- Dad eventually got me a set of second-hand clubs, and I've been playing ever since.
- Every golfer is different, so the right 14 clubs for your buddy may not be right for you.
- What's clear, though, is that all you need to play it is three clubs: a driver, a wedge and a putter.
- To hit it higher I widen my stance, which lowers my hands and adds loft to the club.
- Without some good common sense and a notion of how hard golf balls and clubs are, a golf course can be a very dangerous place.
- I try to get the feeling that my left hand pushes the club away at the start of the backswing.
- The key to good tempo is to keep the club speed the same during the backswing and the downswing.
- This swing lets the loft of the club get the ball in the air the way it should.
- Anyone wishing to experience golf for the first time will receive one-hour of free coaching, when golf balls and clubs are also provided free.
- I also know that many golfers have already begun the season, but I'm just digging my clubs out of the garage.
- There's a good selection of lightweight Sunday bags on the market, and you don't need to carry a full set of clubs.
- Rattle the clubs in your bag when the opponent is addressing a shot.
2clubsOne of the four suits in a conventional deck of playing cards, denoted by a black trefoil. Example sentencesExamples - My father also had an ace of hearts, an ace of clubs and the fifth card was a jack of spades.
- I looked at the card and could hardly believe it - seven of clubs.
- The chief differences are that you must make an exact bid instead of a minimum bid, and clubs are trump.
- He has, among other cards, an 8 of clubs.
- Players should now sort out the cards according to suit hearts, clubs, etc.
- He had an ace and king of clubs, which meant I needed diamonds or tens.
- The four of clubs is described by some as the Devil's bedstead and is loathed by many players, who claim that no good hand can include this card.
- At the same time, the card cheat is glancing furtively around to make sure no one is watching while he pulls an extra ace of clubs from his belt.
- Whoever has the two of clubs (or diamonds if the clubs are trump) leads first.
- The queen of clubs belongs for all purposes to the trump suit, not to the club suit.
- For example if hearts are trumps, the jack of clubs is the highest heart, and has nothing whatever to do with the club suit.
- In other words, it is of the club suit and outranked by all other clubs.
- The player who was dealt the 2 of clubs is not allowed to discard it to the trump pile, since it must be led to the first trick.
- As a wit summed it up: When there is no agreement as to which suit is trumps, clubs are always trumps.
- When 5 play it is necessary to take out two cards - the twos of clubs and diamonds.
- She had only the Ace of clubs and the Jack of hearts.
- The player with the higher of the two cards (ace of spades is highest, 2 of clubs lowest) will deal the cards for the next match.
- Her cards are strong - she has the ace of diamonds, the ace and queen of clubs, the ace and king of hearts.
- For example if we are partners, we might agree that a bid of one club by me shows a strong hand, but has nothing to do with wanting clubs as trumps.
- The card much to her disappointment was the mere four of clubs.
- 2.1 A playing card of the suit of clubs.
Example sentencesExamples - Since player one now realizes that the other's card is not a club, he turns over all cards that aren't clubs.
- Suppose its late in the game, and you have a lot of trumps, and 2 medium-to-high ranking clubs.
- If the turned up card is a club, then clubs are automatically trump.
verbkləbkləb [with object]Beat (a person or animal) with a club or similar implement. the islanders clubbed whales to death Example sentencesExamples - She recalls seeing a kind looking elderly gentleman being clubbed to death by someone she recognized.
- A security guard was in hospital today after gun-toting robbers clubbed him over the head in a raid on a supermarket.
- She was attacked from behind and probably never even saw the killer who clubbed her three times over the head with a rounded blunt instrument, possibly a hammer.
- Captured once, he escaped and survived another year before being clubbed to death.
- But if the police clubbed this guy to death, I was determined to run into the alley and stop the violence.
- They ran him through with their bayonets and clubbed him with iron bars.
- It appears that after Cook was wounded in the back, islanders clubbed him to death.
- Last August one diner clubbed another with a baseball bat when the latter intervened in a dispute over a missing cheeseburger.
- The chicks are clubbed to death and then decapitated.
- My fists balled, I clubbed the man on the back of the head, grabbing his keys as he fell.
- I swung and clubbed him on the side of the jaw with the manacles, sending him tumbling.
- The animals were usually clubbed to death when they came ashore to breed.
- Stragglers were shot and those that fell down exhausted were clubbed to death or left to die.
- I reached for a rock and clubbed him from behind.
- There were reports that the police clubbed several women, though there were no hospital reports of injuries.
- Graphic images of seals being clubbed to death or shot helps sustain an international boycott on their fur.
- A young couple were robbed by thugs who clubbed the boyfriend with a wooden pole.
- A teenage security guard today spoke of his terror as he was repeatedly clubbed over the head with the handle of a gun by an armed robber.
- He struggled even harder against his bonds, until someone clubbed him in the back of the head.
- Personally, I think these practitioners should be clubbed over the head.
Synonyms cudgel, bludgeon, bash, beat with a stick, strike with a stick
Origin Middle English: from Old Norse clubba, variant of klumba; related to clump. |