club [kluhb] Show IPA noun, verb, clubbed, club⋅bing,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.
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,cli⋅quing.
–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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