club definition

1. a formal association of people with similar interests
• examples: he joined a golf club
• examples: they formed a small lunch society
• examples: men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today
2. stout stick that is larger at one end
• examples: he carried a club in self defense
• examples: he felt as if he had been hit with a club
3. a building that is occupied by a social club
• examples: the clubhouse needed a new roof
4. a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it
• examples: he led a small club
• examples: clubs were trumps
5. unite with a common purpose
• examples: The two men clubbed together
6. gather and spend time together
• examples: They always club together
7. strike with a club or a bludgeon
8. gather into a club-like mass
• examples: club hair