Definitions for clubbing

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clubbing club·bing

Spelling: [kluhb-ing]

IPA: /ˈklʌb ɪŋ/

Clubbing is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 118 anagrams from letters in clubbing (bbcgilnu).

Definitions for clubbing

noun

1. the activity of going to nightclubs, especially to dance to popular music, drink, and socialize:
2. a heavy stick, usually thicker at one end than at the other, suitable for use as a weapon; a cudgel.
3. a group of persons organized for a social, literary, athletic, political, or other purpose:
4. the building or rooms occupied by such a group.
5. an organization that offers its subscribers certain benefits, as discounts, bonuses, or interest, in return for regular purchases or payments:
6. Sports. a stick or bat used to drive a ball in various games, as golf. Indian club.
7. a nightclub, especially one in which people dance to popular music, drink, and socialize:
8. a black trefoil-shaped figure on a playing card.
9. a card bearing such figures.
10. clubs, (used with a singular or plural verb) the suit so marked:
11. club sandwich.
12. Nautical. 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. a short spar attached to the truck of a mast to support the upper part of a club topsail. clubfoot (def 3).

adjective

1. of or relating to a club.
2. consisting of a combination of foods offered at the price set on the menu:

verb (used with object)

1. to beat with or as with a club.
2. to gather or form into a clublike mass.
3. to unite; combine; join together.
4. to contribute as one's share toward a joint expense; make up by joint contribution (often followed by up or together):
5. to defray by proportional shares.
6. to hold (a rifle, shotgun, etc.) by the barrel, so as to use the stock as a club.

verb (used without object)

1. Informal. to go to nightclubs, especially to dance, drink, and socialize:
2. to combine or join together, as for a common purpose.
3. to attend a club or a club's activities.
4. to gather into a mass.
5. to contribute to a common fund.
6. Nautical. to drift in a current with an anchor, usually rigged with a spring, dragging or dangling to reduce speed.

Origin of clubbing

club + -ing¹

Examples for clubbing

The global capital of clubbing has a secret—there's an underground war being waged to be the top club impresario in town.

His crowd rushed in to finish our man by clubbing him over the head.

The two secret ingredients: Poehler and Fey, who transform into clubbing Guidettes with unconventional pickup lines.

There was no time to reload, so, clubbing his rifle, he swept it round and round on every side.

Her kid sister Ava (Mia Wasikowska) is also hanging out in Detroit and convinces the oldsters to go out for a night of clubbing.

He wanted, not to escape a clubbing, but to have the leadership.

Now that the worst of the poverty is over, there is no necessity for clubbing together.

Saps: a clubbing with weapons made from saplings; synonymous with "timber."

Poolside with an ocean view by day, fine dining and clubbing at night.

Some blacks threw rocks and bottles and the police  rushed into them, clubbing many, arresting others.