1. A formal association of people with similar interests
   "he joined a golf club";
   - social club, society, guild, gild, lodge, order
    
2. A team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
   "each club played six home games with teams in its own division";
   - baseball club, ball club, nine
    
3. Stout stick that is larger at one end
   "he carried a club in self defence"; "he felt as if he had been hit with a club"
    
4. A building that is occupied by a social club
   "the club needed a new roof";
   - clubhouse
    
5. A spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink
   "he played the drums at a jazz club"; "don't expect a good meal at a night club";
   - cabaret, nightclub, night club, nightspot, nitery [informal], niterie [informal]
    
6. Golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball
   "He selected a 7-iron from his set of golf clubs";
   - golf club
    
7. A playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it
   "he led a small club"; "clubs were trumps"

1. Strike with a club or a bludgeon
   "The attacker clubbed the victim with a baseball bat";
   - bludgeon
    
2. Unite with a common purpose
   "The two men clubbed together"
    
3. Gather and spend time together
   "They always club together"
    
4. Gather into a club-like mass
   "club hair"

Derived forms: clubbed, clubbing, clubs

Type of: assemble, association, baseball team, building, collect, edifice, foregather [formal], forgather, garner, gather, golf equipment, hit, meet, playing card, pull together, spot, stick, unify, unite

Part of: baseball league, minor suit

Encyclopedia: Club