clubs

1. An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.
2. A heavy stick intended for use as a weapon or plaything.
3. A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.
4. 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.

5. A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.
6. Any set of people with a shared characteristic.

   Michael stood you up?  Welcome to the club.

7. A club sandwich.
8. The slice of bread in the middle of a club sandwich.

1. To hit with a club.

   He clubbed the poor dog.

2. To join together to form a group.
3. To combine into a club-shaped mass.

   a medical condition with clubbing of the fingers and toes

4. To go to nightclubs.

   We went clubbing in Ibiza.

5. To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense.
6. To raise, or defray, by a proportional assessment.

   to club the expense

7. To drift in a current with an anchor out.
8. To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.
9. To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end.

   to club exertions

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

noun

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

noun

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.