clubs

An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.

A heavy stick intended for use as a weapon or plaything.

A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.

An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.

“She was sitting in a jazz club, sipping wine and listening to a bass player's solo.”

A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.

Any set of people with a shared characteristic.

“Michael stood you up?  Welcome to the club.”

A club sandwich.

The slice of bread in the middle of a club sandwich.

To hit with a club.

“He clubbed the poor dog.”

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.”

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.

To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.

To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end.

“to club exertions”

To turn the breech of (a musket) uppermost, so as to use it as a club.

One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣.

A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by two persons who answer the questions.