club
     n 1: a team of professional baseball players who play and travel
          together; "each club played six home games with teams in
          its own division" [syn: {baseball club}, {ball club}, {nine}]
     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" [syn: {society}, {guild}, {gild}, {lodge}, {order}]
     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"
     4: a building occupied by a club; "the clubhouse needed a new
        roof" [syn: {clubhouse}]
     5: golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball [syn: {golf
        club}, {golf-club}]
     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"
     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" [syn: {cabaret}, {nightclub}, {nightspot}]
     v 1: unite with a common purpose; "The two men clubbed together"
     2: gather and spend time together; "They always club together"
     3: strike with a club or a bludgeon [syn: {bludgeon}]
     [also: {clubbing}, {clubbed}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0