clubs

Verb

club (third-person singular simple present clubs, present participle clubbing, simple past and past participle clubbed)

1. (transitive) To hit with a club.
   • He clubbed the poor dog.
2. 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
3. (intransitive) 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
4. (intransitive, transitive) To combine into a club-shaped mass.
   • a medical condition with clubbing of the fingers and toes
5. (intransitive) To go to nightclubs.
   • We went clubbing in Ibiza.
6. (intransitive) 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

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Noun

clumps

1. A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by two persons who answer the questions.
   • We'll have supper extremely soon […] But just one game of clumps first.1920, E. F. Benson, Queen Lucia

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   clubs