clubbed
/klʌbd/
clubbed is the simple past and past participle of club.
Meaning of club
Verb
club (third-person singular simple present clubs, present participle clubbing, simple past and past participle clubbed)
- To hit with a club.
- He clubbed the poor dog.
- 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...2016 June 3, “Andy Murray enjoys stunning win against Stan Wawrinka to reach first French Open final”, in Eurosport
- To join together to form a group.
- Till grosser atoms, tumbling in the stream / Of fancy, madly met, and clubb'd into a dream.1687, [John Dryden], “(please specify the page number)”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC
- 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.
- To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense.
- The owl, the raven, and the bat / Clubb'd for a feather to his hat.1730, Jonathan Swift, Death and Daphne
Adjective
clubbed (comparative more clubbed, superlative most clubbed)
- Shaped like a club; grasped like, or used as, a club.
- Her legges that ye myght se;
But they were sturdy and stubbed,
Myghty pestels and clubbed,
As fayre and as whyte
As the fote of a kytea. 1529, John Skelton, The Tunning of Elinour Rumming
- Her legges that ye myght se;
Synonyms of clubbed
Forms of clubbed
| comparative | more clubbed |
|---|---|
| superlative | most clubbed |
Origin of clubbed
From Middle English clubbyd; equivalent to club + -ed.
Phrases with clubbed
Words that rhyme with clubbed
Questions about clubbed
- What does clubbed mean?
- Clubbed means shaped like a club; grasped like, or used as, a club.
- What is clubbed the simple past and past participle of?
- Clubbed is the simple past and past participle of club.
- What part of speech is clubbed?
- Clubbed is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce clubbed?
- Clubbed is pronounced /klʌbd/.
Words near clubbed in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: clubbed (page history and authors); club (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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