club

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. cudgel, stick, bat, bludgeon; society, fraternity, sorority, association; nightclub; trefoil. See arms, assemblage, abode, sociality, party.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [A social organization]

Syn. association, order, society; see clique , faction 1 , organization 3 .

2. [A clubhouse]

Syn. center, base (of operations), meetinghouse; see headquarters , room 2 .

3. [A heavy stick]

Syn. cudgel, stick, bat, bludgeon, baton, nightstick, billy club, billy, truncheon, blackjack, shillelagh, staff, mace, crabstick, warclub, hammer, mallet, cane, hickory, single-stick, quarterstaff, bastinado, swatter*.

4. [A golf club] Types include the following: driver, brassie, cleek, midiron, spoon, mashie, niblick, wedge, putter.

v.

Syn. bludgeon, cudgel, batter, pound; see beat 1 , 2 , hit 1 .

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

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n.

1. stick bat, cudgel, billy, mace, truncheon, blackjack, bludgeon, shillelagh.

2. association organization, society, fraternity, sorority, clique, affiliation, coterie, alliance, lodge, order.

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v.

hit, strike, bat, batter, cudgel, baste, beat, clout, blackjack, slug.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun A group of people united in a relationship and having some interest, activity, or purpose in common: association, confederation, congress, federation, fellowship, fraternity, guild, league, order, organization, society, sorority, union. See GROUP.