Club - Definition

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