club ◆◆◆ /klʌ b/ (clubs , clubbing , clubbed )
1 N‑COUNT A club is an organization of people interested in a particular activity or subject who usually meet on a regular basis. □ …the Chorlton Conservative Club. □ …a youth club. □ He was club secretary.
2 N‑COUNT [oft poss N ] A club is a place where the members of a club meet. □ I stopped in at the club for a drink.
3 N‑COUNT A club is a team which competes in sporting competitions. □ …Liverpool football club.
4 N‑COUNT A club is the same as a nightclub . □ It's a big dance hit in the clubs. □ …the London club scene.
5 N‑COUNT A club is a long, thin, metal stick with a piece of wood or metal at one end that you use to hit the ball in golf. □ …a six-iron club.
6 N‑COUNT A club is a thick heavy stick that can be used as a weapon. □ Men armed with knives and clubs attacked his home.
7 VERB To club a person or animal means to hit them hard with a thick heavy stick or a similar weapon. □ [V n] Two thugs clubbed him with baseball bats. □ [V n + to ] Clubbing baby seals to death for their pelts is wrong.
8 N‑UNCOUNT [with sing or pl verb] Clubs is one of the four suits in a pack of playing cards. Each card in the suit is marked with one or more black symbols: ♣. □ …the ace of clubs. ● N‑COUNT A club is a playing card of this suit. □ The next player discarded a club.
▸ club together PHRASAL VERB If people club together to do something, they all give money towards the cost of it. [BRIT ] □ [V P ] For my thirtieth birthday, my friends clubbed together and bought me a watch. COLLOCATIONS club NOUN
1
noun + club : golf; youth
verb + club : join, leave; form, found
3
noun + club : baseball, football, rugby
adjective + club : bottom, top; former, old
club|bable /klʌ bəb ə l/ ADJ A clubbable person is friendly and likes being with other people, which makes them good members of social clubs. □ He is a clubbable chap.
club|ber /klʌ bə r / (clubbers ) N‑COUNT A clubber is someone who regularly goes to nightclubs.
club|bing /klʌ b I ŋ/ N‑UNCOUNT Clubbing is the activity of going to nightclubs.
club|by /klʌ bi/ ADJ If you describe an institution or a group of people as clubby , you mean that all the people in it are friendly with each other and do not welcome other people in. [INFORMAL ] □ Politics is clubby, careerist, and cynical.
clu b foo t (club feet ) in AM, usually use clubfoot N‑COUNT If someone has a club foot , they are born with a badly twisted foot.
club|house /klʌ bhaʊs/ (clubhouses ) also club-house N‑COUNT A clubhouse is a place where the members of a club, especially a sports club, meet.
club|land /klʌ blænd/
1 N‑UNCOUNT A city's clubland is the area that contains all the best nightclubs. [BRIT ] □ …London's clubland.
2 N‑UNCOUNT [oft N n] Clubland refers to the most popular nightclubs and the people that go to them. [BRIT ] □ …a contemporary clubland sound.
clu b so da N‑UNCOUNT Club soda is fizzy water used for mixing with alcoholic drinks and fruit juice. [mainly AM ]
cluck /klʌ k/ (clucks , clucking , clucked ) VERB When a hen clucks , it makes short, low noises. □ [V ] Chickens clucked in the garden.
clue /kluː / (clues )
1 N‑COUNT A clue to a problem or mystery is something that helps you to find the answer to it. □ [+ to ] Geneticists in Canada have discovered a clue to the puzzle of why our cells get old and die.
2 N‑COUNT A clue is an object or piece of information that helps someone solve a crime. □ [+ to ] The vital clue to the killer's identity was his nickname, Peanuts.
3 N‑COUNT A clue in a crossword or game is information which is given to help you to find the answer to a question.
4 PHRASE If you haven't a clue about something, you do not know anything about it or you have no idea what to do about it. [INFORMAL ] □ I haven't a clue what I'll give Carl for his birthday next year. WORD HISTORY clue
The word clue comes from the old word clew , meaning a ball of wool. In Greek mythology, Ariadne gives Theseus a ball of wool to help him find his way out of the Minotaur’s labyrinth. As a result, the word clew started to mean something that shows the way.
clu ed-u p also clued up ADJ [usu v-link ADJ ] If you say that someone is clued-up on a particular subject, you are showing your approval of the fact that they have a great deal of detailed knowledge and information about it. [BRIT , INFORMAL , APPROVAL ] □ [+ on ] I've always found him clued-up on whatever he was talking about.
clue|less /kluː ləs/ ADJ If you describe someone as clueless , you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they do not know anything about a particular subject or that they are incapable of doing a particular thing properly. [INFORMAL , DISAPPROVAL ] □ [+ about ] I came into adult life clueless about a lot of things that most people take for granted.
clump /klʌ mp/ (clumps , clumping , clumped )
1 N‑COUNT A clump of things such as trees or plants is a small group of them growing together. □ [+ of ] …a clump of trees bordering a side road.