club : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the ace in the club suit
  

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• noun a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
  club; nine; ball club.
  
  • each club played six home games with teams in its own division

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• noun a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
  club; nine; ball club.
  
  • each club played six home games with teams in its own division

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• noun a short stout club used primarily by policemen
  nightstick; billystick; baton; billy; truncheon.
  

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• noun club that promotes and supports yachting and boating
  boat club.
  

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• noun a club of people to play chess
  

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• noun railroad car having a bar and tables and lounge chairs
  lounge car.
  

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• noun a controlled substance that is usually taken by young people at dance clubs and raves
  

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• noun a club-shaped coral fungus
  

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• noun (golf) the head of the club which strikes the ball
  club-head; club head; clubhead.
  

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• government by violence; lynch law; anarchy.

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• noun someone who is a member of a club
  

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• noun primitive evergreen moss-like plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles
  club moss; lycopod.
  

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• (Bot.), an evergreen mosslike plant, much used in winter decoration. The best know species is Lycopodium clavatum, but other Lycopodia are often called by this name. The spores form a highly inflammable powder.

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• (Bot.), a disease of cabbages, by which the roots become distorted and the heads spoiled.

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• noun made with three slices of usually toasted bread
  triple-decker; three-decker.
  

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• noun effervescent beverage artificially charged with carbon dioxide
  seltzer; sparkling water; soda water; carbonated water.
  

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• noun small steak from the front of the short loin of beef
  Delmonico steak.
  

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• (Naut.), a kind of gaff topsail, used mostly by yachts having a fore-and-aft rig. It has a short "club" or "jack yard" to increase its spread.

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• noun (golf) the head of the club which strikes the ball
  club-head; club head; clubhead.
  

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• noun primitive evergreen moss-like plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles
  club moss; lycopod.
  

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Club"-rush` noun

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1. (Bot.) A rushlike plant, the reed mace or cat-tail, or some species of the genus Scirpus. See Bulrush.

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of the black trefoil or clover leaf on some playing cards
  
• adjective satellite shaped in the form of a club that is larger at one end
  

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Club"-shaped adjective

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1. Enlarged gradually at the end, as the antennæ of certain insects.

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• noun a suburban club for recreation and socializing
  

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• a society or club for the purpose of debate and improvement in extemporaneous speaking.

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• noun a minor-league team that is owned by a major-league team (especially in baseball)
  farm team.
  

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• noun a club organized to sing together
  

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• noun aquatic plant of the southeastern United States having blue-green leaves and a spadix resembling a club covered with tiny yellow flowers
  Orontium aquaticum.
  

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• (Bot.), an aquatic plant (Orontium aquaticum), bearing a thick spike of minute yellow flowers.

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• noun a club of people to play golf
  
• noun golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball
  club; golf club.
  

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• noun golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball
  club; golf club.
  

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• noun (golf) the head of the club which strikes the ball
  club-head; club head; clubhead.
  

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• noun a variety of grainy club mushrooms
  

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• noun any of various mushrooms of the class Ascomycetes
  Clavicipitaceae.
  

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• noun a place of business with equipment and facilities for exercising and improving physical fitness
  spa; health spa.
  

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• . (Bot.) (a) An ornamental tree of the West Indies (Zanthoxylum Clava-Herculis), of the same genus with the prickly ash. (b) A variety of the common gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris). Its fruit sometimes exceeds five feet in length. (c) The Angelica tree. See under Angelica.

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• noun densely spiny ornamental of southeastern United States and West Indies
  Zanthoxylum clava-herculis; Hercules'-club; Hercules'-clubs.
  
• noun small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern United States
  Aralia spinosa; Hercules'-club; devil's walking stick; American angelica tree.
  

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• noun densely spiny ornamental of southeastern United States and West Indies
  Zanthoxylum clava-herculis; Hercules'-club; Hercules'-clubs.
  
• noun small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern United States
  Aralia spinosa; Hercules'-club; devil's walking stick; American angelica tree.
  

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• noun densely spiny ornamental of southeastern United States and West Indies
  Zanthoxylum clava-herculis; Hercules'-club; Hercules'-clubs.
  

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• noun an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
  hunt.
  

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• noun a bottle-shaped club used in exercises
  

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• a wooden club, which is swung by the hand for gymnastic exercise.

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• noun club dedicated to promoting responsible citizenship and good government and community and national and international welfare
  International Association of Lions clubs.
  

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• noun a club of small investors who buy and sell securities jointly
  

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• noun a club to promote and regulate horse racing
  

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• noun club dedicated to promoting responsible citizenship and good government and community and national and international welfare
  International Association of Lions clubs.
  

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• noun any of numerous fern allies of the genus Selaginella
  spikemoss; spike moss.
  

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• noun a team that plays in a major league
  major-league team.
  

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• noun a team that plays in a minor league
  minor-league team.
  

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• noun a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink
  club; cabaret; nightspot; nightclub.
  
  • 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

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• noun the nations possessing nuclear weapons
  

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• noun club for players of racket sports
  

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• noun a group of businessmen in a town organized as a service club and to promote world peace
  Rotary International.
  

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• noun a club for rowers
  

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• noun a club of professional or business people organized for their coordination and active in public services
  
• noun a recreational center for servicemen
  

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• (Bot.), the common mullein. See Mullein.

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• noun a group of people who save money in a common fund for a specific purpose (usually distributed at Christmas)
  

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• noun a formal association of people with similar interests
  guild; club; society; gild; lodge; order.
  
  • he joined a golf club
  • they formed a small lunch society
  • men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today

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• noun a variety of grainy club
  

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• noun usually a small luxurious nightclub
  

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• noun a club of people to play tennis
  

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• (Mil.), to turn the breach uppermost, so as to use it as a club.

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• noun club that promotes and supports yachting and boating
  boat club.
  

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