often attributive
1
a
: a heavy usually tapering staff especially of wood wielded as a weapon
b
: a stick or bat used to hit a ball in any of various games
c
: something resembling a club
2
a
: a playing card marked with a stylized figure of a black clover
b
clubs plural in form but singular or plural in construction
: the suit comprising cards marked with clubs
3
a
: an association of persons for some common object usually jointly supported and meeting periodically
also
: a group identified by some common characteristic
nations in the nuclear club
b
: the meeting place of a club
lunch at the club
c
: an association of persons participating in a plan by which they agree to make regular payments or purchases in order to secure some advantage
d
e
: an athletic association or team
4
clubbed; clubbing
1
a
: to beat or strike with or as if with a club
b
: to gather into a club-shaped mass
clubbed her hair
2
a
: to unite or combine for a common cause
b
: to contribute to a common fund
Examples of club in a Sentence
Noun
Do you belong to any clubs?
I'll see you at the club.
the president of a major-league baseball club
He spent five years with the club.
Join our movie club now and receive four free DVDs.
Verb
They clubbed him with a baseball bat.
clubbed together to share their love of model rockets
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Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026
From the perspective of Brussels, in contrast, seeing the only member state that had ever left the club come back cap in hand to request re-entry would be little short of a political triumph.
—Anand Menon, Time, 13 June 2026
Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 10 June 2026
Walk stole third and then trotted home when Camden Johnson clubbed his ninth home run of the season.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 7 June 2026
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Noun
All five — Hart, Michael McLeod, Cal Foote, Dillon Dubé and Alex Formenton — were suspended from their NHL clubs (except Formenton, who was playing in Switzerland) but were acquitted last summer.
—Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026
From the perspective of Brussels, in contrast, seeing the only member state that had ever left the club come back cap in hand to request re-entry would be little short of a political triumph.
—Anand Menon, Time, 13 June 2026
Verb
Jurors deliberated for a week before voting to convict 48-year-old Francesca Lopez in the death of Felipe Lopez-Custodio, who was clubbed to death with a piece of scrap wood and strangled with a cord inside his apartment on Jacqueline Way in Concord.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 10 June 2026
Walk stole third and then trotted home when Camden Johnson clubbed his ninth home run of the season.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 7 June 2026
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Cite this Entry
“Club.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/club. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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club
1 of 2 noun1
a
: a heavy usually wooden stick used as a weapon
b
: a stick or bat used for hitting a ball in a game
a golf club
2
a
: a black figure resembling a clover leaf used to distinguish a suit of playing cards
b
: a card of the suit bearing clubs
3
a
: a group of people associated because of a common interest
b
: the meeting place of a club
c
club
2 of 2 verb
clubbed; clubbing
1
: to beat or strike with or as if with a club
2
: to unite or combine for a common cause
club together to buy a boat
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