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| AC2 |
abbreviation of "athletic club," a club that provides athletic equipment and sports-related services to its members. |
| backswing |
in sports, the first part of the swing of a bat, club, racket, or the like, in which it is swung toward the player's back in preparation for the forward swing. |
| ballroom |
a large room used for dancing, as in a hotel, club, or mansion. |
| basidiomycete |
any of the fungi, such as mushrooms, puffballs, and smuts, that bear spores on a club-shaped cell. |
| bastinado |
a blow or beating with a stick or club. [2/4 definitions] |
| bat1 |
a heavy, shaped wooden or metal club used to strike the ball in baseball or cricket. [2/4 definitions] |
| beetle2 |
a wooden mallet or club used to stamp and finish linen, compress paving stones, or mash vegetables. [1/3 definitions] |
| billy |
a club, esp. that of a policeman; billy club. |
| blackjack |
a short club with a leather cover, heavy head, and flexible handle, used as a weapon. [1/6 definitions] |
| blazer |
a jacket in a solid, sometimes bright color, often with a school or club emblem on the breast pocket. [1/2 definitions] |
| bludgeon |
a short stick with one end thicker and heavier than the other, used as a weapon; club. [1/3 definitions] |
| boomerang |
a curved wooden club designed to return to the thrower when hurled, used as a hunting weapon by Australian aborigines. [1/3 definitions] |
| brassie |
a wooden golf club with a brass-plated sole, used to hit long, low shots; a number two wood. |
| buffet1 |
a forceful blow, as with a club or fist. [1/4 definitions] |
| chapter |
a branch of a club or other organization. [1/4 definitions] |
| charter |
(often cap.) a document defining the principles and organizational rules of a corporate body, association, club, or the like; constitution. [1/7 definitions] |
| clavate |
club-shaped. |
| cloakroom |
a room in a school, club, theater, or the like where coats, hats, and other outdoor clothing may be temporarily left. |
| club |
to hit or strike with or as if with a club. [1/7 definitions] |
| clubable |
combined form of club. |
| clubhouse |
a building or room owned by a club and used for meetings and other events. |
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