clubs
Trefoil playing cards
Clubs is a suit in playing cards, marked by a black three-lobed symbol resembling a clover.
In the standard deck, clubs rank alongside spades, hearts, and diamonds.
The word also refers to the cards themselves: I'm out of clubs.
Separately, clubs are the plural of club—organizations, venues, or blunt implements used as weapons.
Flat-bladed digging implements
- heartsCirculatory system engines
- diamondsPrecious crystallized carbon
- aceSingle-pip card
- kingMale crowned ruler
queen · jack · trump · deck · shuffle · suit · trick · bridge
Heavy blunt weapon
- cudgelThick wooden club
- truncheonShort thick stick
- nightstickPolice impact weapon
- blackjackCard game to twenty-one
shillelagh · mace · cosh · wooden · blunt · swing · strike · beating
Surface for rhythmic movement
- DJMusic mixer performer
- bouncerVenue entrance enforcer
- VIPNotable, for short
- velvet ropeLuxurious crowd-control barrier
cocktails · techno · house music · bottle service · cover charge · promoter · afterhours · strobe
State of belonging
- associationGroup with shared aim
- societyOrganized communal human existence
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
- chapterDivision of a book
dues · exclusive · private · rotary · Elks · Kiwanis · Lions · fraternal
Element twenty-six
Information gatherers ahead
- 4-HYouth agricultural extension program
- cadetsMilitary students in training
- youth groupOrganization serving adolescents
- after-schoolFollowing final bell
mentorship · leadership · camping · badges · troop · activities · recreation · community center
spades
Flat-bladed digging implements
king · queen · jack · trump · deck · shuffle · suit · trick · bridge · poker
bludgeon
Heavy blunt weapon
- cudgelThick wooden club
- truncheonShort thick stick
- nightstickPolice impact weapon
blackjack · shillelagh · mace · cosh · wooden · blunt · swing · strike · beating · Hercules
dancefloor
Surface for rhythmic movement
velvet rope · cocktails · techno · house music · bottle service · cover charge · promoter · afterhours · strobe · bass
membership
State of belonging
- associationGroup with shared aim
- societyOrganized communal human existence
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
chapter · dues · exclusive · private · rotary · Elks · Kiwanis · Lions · fraternal · charter
iron
Element twenty-six
wood · hybrid · shaft · grip · head · bag · set · swing · caddy · fairway
scouts
Information gatherers ahead
- 4-HYouth agricultural extension program
- cadetsMilitary students in training
- youth groupOrganization serving adolescents
after-school · mentorship · leadership · camping · badges · troop · activities · recreation · community center · YMCA
- footballfootball, touchdown, field goal, quarterback, end zone
- groupsteam, teams, group, gang, gangs
- high schoolhigh school, teachers, classroom, classrooms, principal
- schoolteachers, classrooms, classes, student, grades
- hangoutscafes, bars, pubs, coffee shop, restaurant
- arms and armorswords, shields, helmets, daggers, axes
clubsisolation
Complete separation from others
solitude · public gatherings · loners · hermits · individualism
- golf clubCourse membership organization
- Sam's ClubMembership-based wholesale retailer
- book clubGroup discussing shared literature
- fan clubOrganized group of devotees
- country clubPrivate recreational membership facility
- join the clubShared-misfortune acknowledgment
club, nightclub, clubbing, clubbed, health club, nightclubs, clubber, clubbers, golf club