Antonyms for club
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : kluhb |
| Phonetic Transcription : klÊŒb |
Definition of club
Origin :- c.1200, "thick stick used as a weapon," from Old Norse klubba "cudgel" or a similar Scandinavian source (cf. Swedish klubba, Danish klubbe), assimilated from Proto-Germanic *klumbon, related to clump (n.). Old English words for this were sagol, cycgel. Specific sense of "bat used in games" is from mid-15c.
- The club suit in the deck of cards (1560s) bears the correct name (Spanish basto, Italian bastone), but the pattern adopted on English cards is the French trefoil. Cf. Danish klőver, Dutch klaver "a club at cards," literally "a clover."
- The social club (1660s) apparently evolved from this word from the verbal sense "gather in a club-like mass" (1620s), then, as a noun, "association of people" (1640s).
- We now use the word clubbe for a sodality in a tavern. [John Aubrey, 1659]Admission to membership of clubs is commonly by ballot. Clubs are now an important feature of social life in all large cities, many of them occupying large buildings containing reading-rooms, libraries, restaurants, etc. [Century Dictionary, 1902]I got a good mind to join a club and beat you over the head with it. [Rufus T. Firefly]
- Club sandwich recorded by 1899, apparently as a type of sandwich served in clubs; club soda is 1877, originally a proprietary name.
- noun bat, stick
- noun social organization
- noun golfing tool
- verb hit hard with object
- Almost every tavern of note about town hath or had its club.
- Extract from : « The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 10, Issue 267, August 4, 1827 » by Various
- Good beef and mutton will no longer serve his turn, I've been told at the club.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Red Morning had a club he had made, with a flint set into the side.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- The club then adjourned to the outside, all except those who sat on the bench.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- I believe you're only marrying me to get away from that club you're living in!
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- "Come and take it off my shoulders, then," answered Hercules, lifting his club.
- Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Your club, Sir Philip, will do me honour by such an ostracism.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Mrs. Beaufort, who was waiting his return from his club, was in the dining-room.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- He saw that, ordinarily, these two were the least important members of the club.
- Extract from : « With Trapper Jim in the North Woods » by Lawrence J. Leslie
- "I guess there's enough in the club treasury for a little spread," said Bart.
- Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
Synonyms for club
- affiliation
- alliance
- association
- bash
- baste
- baton
- batter
- beat
- billy
- blackjack
- bludgeon
- brassie
- bunch
- business
- circle
- cleek
- clique
- clobber
- clout
- company
- conk buster
- convincer
- cosh
- crew
- cudgel
- driver
- faction
- fustigate
- gang
- guild
- hammer
- hangout
- hickory
- iron
- league
- lodge
- mace
- mallet
- mashie
- meeting
- midiron
- mob
- niblick
- nightstick
- order
- outfit
- persuader
- pommel
- pound
- pummel
- putter
- quarterstaff
- ring
- rosewood
- sap
- set
- shill
- shillelagh
- society
- sodality
- spoon
- staff
- stamping ground
- stick
- strike
- swatter
- truncheon
- union
- wedge
- whack
- wood
- works
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