club
has definitions from the fields of cards,golf,games,baseball,sport,business
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[ noun ] (baseball,sport) a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
Synonyms Examples "each club played six home games with teams in its own division" Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Bill_Kunkel , Bob_Hartman and Ed_Keegan did the mound chores for the club down from West_Palm_Beach to play the game before 767 paying customers in Miami_Stadium . Pitcher Steve_Barber joined the club one week ago after completing his hitch under the Army 's accelerated wintertime military course , also at Fort_Knox , Ky. . (The New York Times,...)Skorich was considered the logical choice after the club gave Norm_Van_Brocklin permission to seek the head coaching_job with the Minnesota_Vikings , the newest National_Football_League entry . In the past the club depended largely on Van_Brocklin 's aerials . The 53 - year old Shea , a prominent corporation lawyer with a sports background , is generally recognized as the man most responsible_for the imminent return of a National_League club to New_York . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a formal association of people with similar interests
Examples "he joined a golf club" "they formed a small lunch society" "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today" Used in print (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)He was brigadier of the club 's locker-room light infantry , and at one time or another declared war on Russia , Czechoslovakia , Yugoslavia , and China . Related terms association sorority chapter fraternity country_club tennis_club yacht_club glee_club golf_club hunt Veterans_of_Foreign_Wars American_Legion bookclub racket_club athenaeum turnverein rowing_club slate_club chess_club secret_society service_club investors_club jockey_club club_member ordain |
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[ noun ] stout stick that is larger at one end
Examples "he carried a club in self defense" "he felt as if he had been hit with a club" Used in print (Edwin Booth, Outlaw Town....)You 're the kind of bastard who sneaks_up on a man from behind and hits him with a club . Related terms stick bludgeon truncheon knobkerrie Indian_club lathi cudgel bat |
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[ noun ] a building occupied by a club
Synonyms Examples "the clubhouse needed a new roof" Used in print (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)`` Designs , plans and furnishes interiors of houses , commercial and institutional structures , hotels , clubs , ships , theaters , as_well_as set_decorations for motion_picture arts and television . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (golf,games) golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball
Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)`` It 's kind_of like golf - if you do n't swing a club very often , your timing gets off '' . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (business) a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink
Examples "don't expect a good meal at a cabaret" "he got his information by visiting nightclubs" "he played at a jazz club" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (cards) a playing card in the minor suit of clubs (having one or more black trefoils on it)
Examples "he led a small club" "clubs were trumps" Related terms |
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