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clubbing

/ˈklʌbɪŋ/

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What does clubbing mean?

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of club

noun

  1. An instance of using a club.
  2. A thickening of the ends of fingers and toes.
More meanings (2)

noun

  1. The practice of frequenting nightclubs.
  2. The development of clubroot in a plant.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈklʌbɪŋ/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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He wanted, not to escape a clubbing, but to have the leadership.
Jack LondonThe call of the wildProject Gutenberg ebook #215
The boys begin at about fifteen years, or rather earlier, to assert their independence, by clubbing together with those of their own age, and taking up their sleeping quarters with the bachelors in the gallery.
Charles Hose; William McDougallThe Pagan Tribes of Borneo A Description of Their Physical Moral and Intellectual Condition, with Some Discussion of Their Ethnic RelationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3307
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In another, they had shot down the two soldiers upon duty; then clubbing their weapons, they rushed out upon the astonished enemy, and felling their first opponents each at a blow, they succeeded in obtaining possession of the loaded muskets.
William Gilmore SimmsThe Life of Francis MarionProject Gutenberg ebook #843