## Meanings
1. A group of people who meet because they share an interest or activity.
2. A place where people go to dance and listen to music at night.
3. A heavy stick used as a weapon.
4. To hit someone or something with a heavy stick.
5. A playing card of the suit marked with black three-leaf shapes.

## Examples
- She joined a tennis club at university.
- They danced until late at the new club downtown.
- The guard carried a wooden club.
- The police were accused of clubbing the protesters.
- He played the king of clubs.

## Synonyms
- confraternity
- cudgel
- team

## Derived Forms
- aeroclub
- ball-club
- ballclub
- club-foot
- club-footed
- club-goer
- club-headed
- club-hop
- club-hopper
- club-hopping
- club-moss
- club-rush

## Related Forms
- wand

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: clubbe
- Root: klubba
- Root: *klumpô

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English clubbe, from Old Norse klubba, klumba (“cudgel”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“clip, clasp; clump, lump; log, block”). Cognate with English clump, cloud, Latin globus, glomus; and perhaps related to Middle Low German kolve (“bulb”), German Kolben (“butt, bulb, club”).

## AI Etymology
club is a noun and verb. It was inherited from Middle English clubbe, from Old Norse klubba, klumba (“cudgel”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“clip, clasp; clump, lump; log, block”). Cognate with English clump, cloud, Latin globus, glomus; and perhaps related to Middle Low German kolve (“bulb”), German Kolben (“butt, bulb, club”). Historical forms in the chain include clubbe (Middle English), klubba (Old Norse), and *klumpô (Proto-Germanic). Current senses include a group of people who meet because they share an interest or activity, a place where people go to dance and listen to music at night, and a heavy stick used as a weapon. Derived forms include aeroclub, ball-club, ballclub, club-foot, and club-footed. Related words include wand.

## Topics
- Art & Music

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