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club(2) (iou)



club verb. Infl. -bb-. L16.
[from the noun.]
verb trans. Beat with or as with a club. L16.
C. G. Seligman Kinnyole was clubbed to death by his own people.
b. Use (esp. a musket) as a club. E18.
verb trans. Gather into a clublike mass, gather together, (foll. by together); (chiefly Hist.) dress (hair) in a club-shaped pigtail. E17.
J. Payn London which is equal to half a dozen great towns clubbed together.
verb trans. Combine into a common stock or to a common end (foll. by together); contribute (money etc.) as one's share of a common stock; make up or put together (a sum of money etc.) by joint contributions. M17.
P. A. Motteux Let every Man club his Penny towards it. G. Greene We clubbed our butter rations.
verb intrans. Combine, form into a club or mass; esp. combine for joint action, to make up a sum of money for a particular purpose, or (formerly) as members of a secret society. (Foll. by together, with.) M17.
S. Pepys How he did endeavour to find out a ninepence to club with me for the coach. E. Huxley A group of Pakistanis..have clubbed together to buy a joint house.
verb trans. Military. Throw into a confused mass. E19.
verb intrans. Visit a nightclub or nightclubs, esp. to dance. Freq. in go (out) clubbing. M20.
S. Stewart I hadn't been clubbing..since the last New Year's Eve disaster.