Clubbing

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Club \Club\ (kl[u^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clubbed} (kl[u^]bd);
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Clubbing}.]
     1. To beat with a club.
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     2. (Mil.) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.


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              To club a battalion implies a temporary inability in
              the commanding officer to restore any given body of
              men to their natural front in line or column.
                                                    --Farrow.
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     3. To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a
        common end; as, to club exertions.
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     4. To raise, or defray, by a proportional assesment; as, to
        club the expense.
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     {To club a musket} (Mil.), to turn the breach uppermost, so
        as to use it as a club.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  clubbing
       See {club}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  club
       n 1: a team of professional baseball players who play and travel
            together; "each club played six home games with teams in
            its own division" [syn: {baseball club}, {ball club}, {nine}]
       2: a formal association of people with similar interests; "he
          joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society";
          "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen
          today" [syn: {society}, {guild}, {gild}, {lodge}, {order}]
       3: stout stick that is larger at one end; "he carried a club in
          self defense"; "he felt as if he had been hit with a club"
       4: a building occupied by a club; "the clubhouse needed a new
          roof" [syn: {clubhouse}]
       5: golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball [syn: {golf
          club}, {golf-club}]
       6: a playing card in the minor suit of clubs (having one or
          more black trefoils on it); "he led a small club"; "clubs
          were trumps"
       7: a spot that is open late at night and that provides
          entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing
          and food and drink; "don't expect a good meal at a
          cabaret"; "the gossip columnist got his information by
          visiting nightclubs every night"; "he played the drums at
          a jazz club" [syn: {cabaret}, {nightclub}, {nightspot}]
       v 1: unite with a common purpose; "The two men clubbed together"
       2: gather and spend time together; "They always club together"
       3: strike with a club or a bludgeon [syn: {bludgeon}]
       [also: {clubbing}, {clubbed}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  clubbing
       n : a condition in which the ends of toes and fingers become
           wide and thick; a symptom of heart or lung disease