(klub) noun
1. A stout stick or staff; cudgel; truncheon.
2. A staff with curved head of metal or wood used in golf, hockey, etc.
3. a A three–lobed spot on a playing card. b A card so marked. c plural The suit so marked.
4. Naut. A small spar by means of which a good set is given to a gaff topsail or a staysail; also, a similar spar on a staysail or jib to which the sheet is made fast.
5. Entomol. A clavate organ or part.
—Indian clubs Bottle–shaped wooden clubs used in gymnastics.
—v. clubbed, club·bing v.t.
1. To beat, as with a stick or club.
2. Archaic To gather into a clublike mass, as hair.
—v.i.
3. Archaic To gather in a mass.
—to club a rifle or musket or gun To turn a firearm so that the stock is uppermost and may be used as a club. [<ON klubba. Akin to CLUMP.]

(klub) noun
1. An organization of persons for social intercourse or other common object.
2. A house or room reserved for the meetings of such an organization.
—v. clubbed, club·bing v.t. To contribute for a common purpose; make common stock of: to club resources.
—v.i. To combine with a common object; form a club: often with together.
—adjective Of, pertaining to, or belonging to a club; club grounds. [Special meaning of CLUB¹]