club
/klʌb/ verb C2- To hit with a club. · He clubbed the poor dog.
- To score a victory over by a large margin.
- To join together to form a group.
- To combine into a club-shaped mass. · a medical condition with clubbing of the fingers and toes
- To go to nightclubs. · We went clubbing in Ibiza.· When I was younger, I used to go clubbing almost every night.
- To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense.
- To raise, or defray, by a proportional assessment. · to club the expense
- To drift in a current with an anchor out.
He/she/it clubs · Past clubbed · Past participle clubbed · -ing form clubbing
Verb forms
- Base form
- club
- He/she/it
- clubs
- Past
- clubbed
- Past participle
- clubbed
- -ing form
- clubbing
From the library
Talk quick, please—those fellows are clubbing the stuffing out of Union Pacific.”
Trying doors as he went, twirling his club with many intricate and artful movements, turning now and then to cast his watchful eye adown the pacific thoroughfare, the officer, with his stalwart form and slight swagger, made a fine picture of a guardian of the peace.
The policeman twirled his club and took a step or two.
He shook hands with her, smiling cordially, and said something about a game of bridge at his club.
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