a heavy stick, usually thicker at one end than at the other, suitable for use as a weapon; a cudgel.

a group of persons organized for a social, literary, athletic, political, or other purpose

They organized a computer club.

the building or rooms occupied by such a group.

an organization that offers its subscribers certain benefits, as discounts, bonuses, or interest, in return for regular purchases or payments

a book club; a record club; a Christmas club.

Sports .

a stick or bat used to drive a ball in various games, as golf.

Indian club.

a nightclub or cabaret

Last night we went to all the clubs in town.

a black trefoil-shaped figure on a playing card.

a card bearing such figures.

clubs, ( used with a singular or plural verb ) the suit so marked

Clubs is trump. Clubs are trump.

club sandwich.

Nautical .

a short spar attached to the end of a gaff to allow the clew of a gaff topsail to extend beyond the peak of the gaff.

a short spar attached to the truck of a mast to support the upper part of a club topsail.

clubfoot ( def. 3 ) .

to beat with or as with a club.

to gather or form into a clublike mass.

to unite; combine; join together.

to contribute as one's share toward a joint expense; make up by joint contribution (often fol. by up or together )

They clubbed their dollars together to buy the expensive present.

to defray by proportional shares.

to hold (a rifle, shotgun, etc.) by the barrel, so as to use the stock as a club.

to combine or join together, as for a common purpose.

to attend a club or a club's activities.

to gather into a mass.

to contribute to a common fund.

Nautical . to drift in a current with an anchor, usually rigged with a spring, dragging or dangling to reduce speed.

of or pertaining to a club.

consisting of a combination of foods offered at the price set on the menu

They allow no substitutions on the club luncheon.

noun

baton , billy , blackjack , bludgeon , business * , conk buster , convincer , cosh , cudgel , hammer , hickory , mace , mallet , nightstick , persuader , quarterstaff , rosewood , sap , shill , shillelagh , staff , swatter , truncheon , works * , affiliation , alliance , association , bunch , circle , clique , company , crew , faction , gang , guild , hangout * , league , lodge , meeting , mob , order , outfit , ring , set , society , sodality , stamping ground * , union , brassie , cleek , driver , iron , mashie , midiron , niblick , putter , spoon , stick , wedge , wood , confederation , congress , federation , fellowship , fraternity , organization , sorority , athenaeum , bandy , bat , chapter , consortium , coterie , knobkerry , shillalah , sorosis (woman\'sclub) , waddy

verb

bash , baste , batter , beat , blackjack , bludgeon , clobber , clout , cosh , cudgel , fustigate , hammer , pommel , pound , pummel , strike , whack , association , bat , baton , billy , blackball , brotherhood , bunch , circle , clique , club together , coperate , combine , fraternity , gang , hangout , lodge , mallet , order , sorority , staff , stick , team , truncheon , union , weapon