club

adj. pertaining to a club (location for social gatherings; group that meets periodically for a shared activity)

n. group that meets periodically for a shared activity (i.e. literary club); location for social gatherings; bat, cudgel; shamrock-shaped symbol (on playing cards)

v. bludgeon, beat, bash, strike

A club is an association of people united by a common interest or goal. The service club, for example, exists for voluntary or charitable activities; there are clubs devoted to hobbies and sports, social activities clubs, political and religious clubs, and so forth.
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Noun
1. a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together; "each club played six home games with teams in its own division"
(synonym) baseball club, ball club, nine
(hypernym) baseball team
(member-holonym) baseball league
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"
(synonym) society, guild, gild, lodge, order
(hypernym) association
(hyponym) athenaeum, atheneum
(member-meronym) club member
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"
(hypernym) stick
(hyponym) bat
(derivation) bludgeon
4. a building occupied by a club; "the clubhouse needed a new roof"
(synonym) clubhouse
(hypernym) building, edifice
(part-meronym) clubroom
5. golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball
(synonym) golf club, golf-club
(hypernym) golf equipment
(hyponym) iron
(part-meronym) golf-club head, club head, club-head, clubhead
(derivation) bludgeon
6. a playing card in the minor suit of clubs (having one or more black trefoils on it); "he led a small club"; "clubs were trumps"
(hypernym) playing card
(member-holonym) minor suit
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"
(synonym) cabaret, nightclub, nightspot
(hypernym) spot
(hyponym) honkytonk, dive
Verb
1. unite with a common purpose; "The two men clubbed together"
(hypernym) unite, unify
(derivation) society, guild, gild, lodge, order
2. gather and spend time together; "They always club together"
(hypernym) meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
(derivation) society, guild, gild, lodge, order
3. strike with a club or a bludgeon
(synonym) bludgeon
(hypernym) hit
(derivation) golf club, golf-club

n. (new spell.=Klub) club, group that meets periodically for a shared activity; location for social gatherings

n. club, association; team