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club

club
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kluhb]
    • /klʌb/
    • /klʌb/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kluhb]
    • /klʌb/

Definitions of club word

  • countable noun club A club is an organization of people interested in a particular activity or subject who usually meet on a regular basis. 3
  • countable noun club A club is a place where the members of a club meet. 3
  • countable noun club A club is a team which competes in sporting competitions. 3
  • countable noun club A club is the same as a nightclub. 3
  • countable noun club A club is a long, thin, metal stick with a piece of wood or metal at one end that you use to hit the ball in golf. 3
  • countable noun club A club is a thick heavy stick that can be used as a weapon. 3

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Origin of club

First appearance:

before 1175
One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; Middle English clubbe < Old Norse klubba club; akin to clump

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Club

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

club popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

club usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for club

noun club

  • business — Business is work relating to the production, buying, and selling of goods or services.
  • staff — a group of persons, as employees, charged with carrying out the work of an establishment or executing some undertaking.
  • sap — Fortification. a deep, narrow trench constructed so as to form an approach to a besieged place or an enemy's position.
  • cudgel — A cudgel is a thick, short stick that is used as a weapon.
  • works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.

verb club

  • bash — A bash is a party or celebration, especially a large one held by an official organization or attended by famous people.
  • clobber — You can refer to someone's possessions, especially their clothes, as their clobber.
  • pummel — to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
  • whack — to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
  • pound — Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison.

Antonyms for club

noun club

  • separation — an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
  • individual — a single human being, as distinguished from a group.
  • division — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.

verb club

  • lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.

Top questions with club

  • what is the mile high club?
  • what is beta club?
  • what is club soda?
  • how to swing a golf club?

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