Monday, May 18, 2009

Pick One


club  [kluhb]  Show IPA noun, verb, clubbed, clubbing,adjective

–noun

1.

a heavy stick, usually thicker at one end than at the other, suitable for use as a weapon; a cudgel.

2.

a group of persons organized for a social, literary, athletic, political, or other purpose: They organized a computer club.

3.

the building or rooms occupied by such a group.

4.

an organization that offers its subscribers certain benefits, as discounts, bonuses, or interest, in return for regular purchases or payments: a book club; a record club; a Christmas club.

5.

Sports.

a.

a stick or bat used to drive a ball in various games, as golf.

b.

Indian club.

6.

a nightclub or cabaret: Last night we went to all the clubs in town.

7.

a black trefoil-shaped figure on a playing card.

8.

a card bearing such figures.

9.

clubs, (used with a singular or plural verb) the suit so marked: Clubs is trump. Clubs are trump.

10. club sandwich.

11 Nautical.

a. a short spar attached to the end of a gaff to allow the clew of a gaff topsail to extend beyond the peak of the gaff.

b. a short spar attached to the truck of a mast to support the upper part of a club topsail.

c. clubfoot (def. 3).


clique  [kleek, klik]  Show IPA noun, verb, cliqued,cliquing.

–noun

1. a small, exclusive group of people; coterie; set.

–verb (used without object)

2. Informal. to form, or associate in, a clique.


com⋅mu⋅ni⋅ty  [kuh-myoo-ni-tee] 

–noun, plural -ties.

1. a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.

2. a locality inhabited by such a group.

3. a social, religious, occupational, or other group sharing common characteristics or interests and perceived or perceiving itself as distinct in some respect from the larger society within which it exists (usually prec. by the): the business community; the community of scholars.

4. a group of associated nations sharing common interests or a common heritage: the community of Western Europe.

5. Ecclesiastical. a group of men or women leading a common life according to a rule.

6. Ecology. an assemblage of interacting populations occupying a given area.

7. joint possession, enjoyment, liability, etc.: community of property.

8. similar character; agreement; identity: community of interests.

9. the community, the public; society: the needs of the community.


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