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to club

to club

1 3.8
To put money together with others to pay for something
  • verb
  • /klʌb/
translation icon : juntar
  • Springtime brought festivals to the little towns, where cannons shot nets over fields of birds and children ran to club the struggling beasts with ribbon-tied broom handles.

Examples

  • We're going to club 20.

  • Are they going to club together to pay my rent?

    Blog text (13)
  • In addition, energy suppliers will be able to club together to gain access to the whole network.

    Academic text (1992)
  • As a former Trad-Goth who clubs, I feel it is worse than that.

    Blog text (14)
  • Well, perhaps one day, the subscribers of the lending libraries will club together and hire an assassin.

  • Nor can Obama, so we should club together to buy a working thermometer for MLSO?

    Blog text (9)
  • Usually, two or three incumbents would club together in commissioning one single work that would then be installed sometime before the tenure of the last to enter office was complete.

    Academic text (2000)
  • They happily vote for every spending bill along with the Rs while at the same time gleefully using the resulting deficits to club them.

    Blog text (29)
  • The fact remains, Murdock and the Tories despise the BBC; hence, any excuse to club the institution to death—and the Savile nonsense is really a big club to yield.

    Blog text (20)
  • We decided to club together and buy a gift for our friend's birthday.

Synonyms

to team
vsto club
142 2.5

To join with others to work together for a purpose

focuses more on pooling money or resources for shared aims rather than activity groups
to team up
vsto club
95 2.5

Join with other people or groups to work together on a goal

involves combining resources like money or effort for a collective purpose
to join forces
vsto club
57 3.4

To work together with others to achieve a common goal

focuses on pooling resources such as money rather than only working together
to syndicate
vsto club
22 6.3

To join together with other companies for a business project

is used more broadly to pool money or effort beyond business projects
to league
vsto club
1 6.1

To join with others to form a group for a common purpose

tends to emphasize pooling money or effort rather than formal alliance
to league together
vsto club
1 4.6

To join with others to reach a common goal

focuses more on combining resources like money or effort for goals

Antonyms

680 1.1

To split something into parts or groups

43 4.3

To stop being a group, for example a band or committee

Idioms

9.9

Pregnant and expecting a baby

Phrasal Verbs

to hit the club
  • Informal
1 8.2

To go to a nightclub to dance and be with friends

Compounds

81 3.6

A private club that offers golf, tennis, a pool, and dining for members

52 1.8

A group you join to buy chosen books at lower prices by mail or online

34 1.9

A long stick with a special head for hitting a golf ball

29 1.8

A fizzy water with added minerals used to drink or mix with alcohol

25 2.3

A place where people go to exercise and join fitness classes

16 1.4

A person who belongs to a club or group

15 3.1

A group where people meet to enjoy events and make friends

14 4.1

A group at school or college that sings together for fun and events

12 1.9

A group of people who meet regularly to play chess

9 1.6

A place with a golf course and clubhouse for members to play

9 3.7

A club where people who sail or own boats meet and take part in events

A private club for men with places to eat, read, and play games

7 2.5

A professional baseball team that plays and travels together

7 3.1

A group of local people who meet to help their community and the world

A sandwich with three slices of toasted bread and layers of cooked chicken or turkey, bacon, lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise

5 6.7

A short thick stick police carry to hit or defend themselves

5 1.2

A place where people meet to play tennis together

3 5.6

A small evening restaurant where people eat and watch live music

3 4.9

A train carriage with a bar and seats for people to relax and talk

nuclear club
  • Literature
2 5.2

A group of countries that have nuclear weapons

2 9.3

People who have had sex on an airplane during a flight

2 6.0

A group that promotes and sets rules for horse racing

A team of professional baseball players who play and travel together for competitions

club drug
  • NSFW
1 6.5

A drug often used in nightclubs and dance parties, for example ecstasy

farm club
  • Jargon
1 5.4

A small sports team owned by a big team to train players

1 3.0

A club where people meet to practice moving boats with oars for sport

A team that plays in the top professional sports league, like baseball

1 5.0

A group of people who meet to hunt for sport

1 3.5

The part of a golf club that strikes the ball

1 3.4

An international volunteer group that helps communities and raises money

1 2.1

A group of people who meet regularly to walk together in nature

1 7.4

A wooden club shaped like a bottle used for arm and shoulder exercise

2.6

A club where members keep and use boats and sail together

club fungus
  • Specialized
9.4

A fungus with a club-shaped top that makes spores, often on dead wood

club moss
  • Specialized
8.2

An evergreen plant that looks like moss and makes tiny spores in club-shaped cones

club steak
  • Specialized
3.8

A small tender steak cut from the front of the short loin, like a small T-bone

6.0

The part at the end of a golf club that hits the ball

club-moss
  • Specialized
8.9

An evergreen plant that looks like moss and has small cones that contain spores

A small plant that looks like moss and grows on the ground

A sports team that plays in a lower league below the top teams

8.8

A marsh plant that has blue-green leaves and a club-shaped yellow flower spike

The part of a golf club that hits the ball

grainy club mushroom
  • Specialized
9.3

A small fungus with a grainy surface and a club shape

A spiny tree or bush with sharp thorns often planted in gardens

A group of people who put money together to buy shares and share any profit or loss

investors club
  • Texting
3.5

A group of people who meet online or in person to share ideas about buying shares without putting money together

A club where members play sports like tennis, squash or badminton

A club that competes with another, often in sports

Books chosen and discussed by Oprah Winfrey that often sell more

A group of business people who help the local community and do charity work

A place on a base where soldiers relax and enjoy games or movies

A group of people who regularly put money into a shared fund and get it before Christmas

How Cooperative

merging
1 3.0
to club
1 3.8
to pool
49 3.6
to chip in
31 3.2
to contribute
883 2.7

Surface Forms

club infinitive
clubbed past
clubbed past participle
clubbing present participle
clubs third person singular

Etymology

Club The verb club in 'club together' comes from the idea of people in a club joining forces, so to club is to share money or effort with others for a common purpose.