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clublike

clublike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a club (weapon).

Adjective

clublike (comparative more clublike, superlative most clublike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a club (weapon).
    • The landscape of vegetal life is weird—no forests, no meadows, no green hills, no foliage, but clublike stems of plants armed with stilettos.1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961...
    • clublike blows of his fists
  2. Resembling or characteristic of a club (entertainment establishment), particularly in decor or music.
    • At Rossini's […] the clublike bar atmosphere is accented by plush swivel chairs, relaxed lighting, and an oversized lounge area, complete with a humidor and 10 varieties of fine cigars.1997, New York Magazine, volume 30, number 20, page 72

Forms of clublike

comparativemore clublike
superlativemost clublike

Origin of clublike

From club + -like.

Questions about clublike

What does clublike mean?
Clublike means resembling or characteristic of a club (weapon).
What part of speech is clublike?
Clublike is an adjective.

Words near clublike in the dictionary

  1. clubionoids
  2. clubism
  3. clubland
  4. clublands
  5. clubless
  6. clublike
  7. clubling
  8. clublings
  9. clubmaker
  10. clubmakers
  11. clubman

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