club

A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.

There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,[…], and all these articles[…] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.

The attack also afforded Helena to a front-seat view of literal air-to-air melee combat, as one Wildcat pilot of the Cactus Air Force, who was swooping in to help break up the attack, found himself out of machine-gun ammo; instead, he dropped his landing gear, positioned himself above the nearest bomber, and begun beating it to death, in midair, using his landing gear as clubs. After a bit of evasive action that the fighter easily kept up with, the repeated slamming broke something important, and the bomber spiralled down into the sea.

A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.

A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.

An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.

At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.[…]In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.

An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.

He can have no right to the benefits of Society, who will not pay his Club towards the Support of it.

To hit with a club.

He clubbed the poor dog.

"We must club the seals," I announced, when convinced of my poor marksmanship. "I have heard the sealers talk about clubbing them."

To score a victory over by a large margin.

[Andy] Murray dropped serve only once in the match, in the 10th game of the third set, and was simply too good for [Stan] Wawrinka, who was left confused by the variety, inventiveness and power hitting of Murray from deep in the court as an opponent who clubbed [Novak] Djokovic in last year's final was simply overwhelmed despite the Parisian crowd attempting to inspire a comeback.

Playing with freedom and no fear, Ashleigh Barty has powered into the Australian Open third round without even a coach. Barty clubbed China’s Yafan Wang 6-2, 6-3 on Wednesday before revealing she had been largely flying solo during her charge to the last 32 for only the second time.

To join together to form a group.

Till grosser atoms, tumbling in the stream / Of fancy, madly met, and clubb'd into a dream.

To combine into a club-shaped mass.

a medical condition with clubbing of the fingers and toes

To go to nightclubs.

We went clubbing in Ibiza.

When I was younger, I used to go clubbing almost every night.