clubbing

Plural: clubbings

Noun

• The act of hitting with a club or going to nightclubs.
• a condition in which the ends of toes and fingers become wide and thick; a symptom of heart or lung disease
• An instance of using a club.
• A thickening of the ends of fingers and toes.
• The practice of frequenting nightclubs.
• The development of clubroot in a plant.

Verb

Verb Forms: club, clubbed, clubbing, clubs

• Hitting with a club; forming a club or association.
• unite with a common purpose
• gather and spend time together
• strike with a club or a bludgeon
• gather into a club-like mass
• present participle and gerund of club

Examples

• He was clubbing together the remaining tiles, desperate for a high-scoring play.
• His aggressive CLUBBING strategy involved opening up as many high-scoring avenues as possible.
• I don't like clubbing.
• There was an outbreak of near-fatal clubbings in that area.
• We're going clubbing tonight.

Synonyms

bludgeon, club

Related Words

clubber, clubgoer

Anagrams of clubbing