clubbingn.
/ˈklʌbɪŋ/ The action of club v.
1. Beating with clubs. Also attributive.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of striking with specific blunt weapon > [noun]
staving1487
clubbing1593
swaddling1621
rib-basting1659
bludgeon-work1813
coshing1898
pistol-whipping1928
1593 Tell-Trothes New-yeares Gift (1876) 20 Knauish Ielosy should be requited with clubbing iniury.
1753 W. Douglass Brit. Settlem. N. Amer. 280 People forceably turned them out of Possession of their Lands: this they call clubing them out.
2. Horticulture. A disease in cabbages, etc.
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the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > associated with particular type of plant > crop or food plant > vegetables > turnips or cabbages
anbury1742
fingers and toes1799
club1830
club-root1832
clubbing1836
brown-heart1950
1836 Penny Cycl. VI. 93/2 Cabbages are subject to a peculiar disease..the bottom of the stem enlarges, and the plant becomes sickly. This disease is called clubbing.
1882 A. Carey Princ. Agric. xix. 165 Clubbing is..caused by the larva of an insect.
3. Combining in clubs or parties; social or political association. Also attributive.
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society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > club > forming clubs
clubbing1647
1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 136 The Turk..hath also a drinke call'd Cauphe,..it may be called their clubbing drink between meales.
1658 tr. J. Ussher Ann. World 279 He..instituted certain set feasts and clubbings.
1660 S. Pepys Diary 26 July (1970) I. 208 We went to Woods at the Pell-mell (our old house for clubbing).
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 310 All this civic swearing, clubbing, and feasting. View more context for this quotation
1880 Echo 24 Dec. 1/6 Morning assemblies of the academical youth for drinking and clubbing have now become the fashion.
4. Of shot: The forming of clusters or balls: see club v. 5b.
5. The joining of two or more periodicals in one subscription; hence clubbing list, clubbing price. U.S.
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1880 Boston Jrnl. Chem. Clubbing List & Circular, The clubbing price of any American or foreign periodical not on the list will be furnished on application.
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colloquial. The practice or habit of going to nightclubs, esp. to dance.
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1966 Guardian 9 July 8/2 Clubbing (and especially gambling) has all the sanction of social fashion in Manchester.
1988 Money (Nexis) Mar. 61 Rather than dropping big bucks on night life, the Briscoes rent movies, play tennis and go biking. ‘You outgrow the clubbing,’ Mark says.
1993 Face Sept. 87/1 The real skill in clubbing is not just getting out of it at night, but keeping it together enough to be able to do business in the morning.
2000 Time Out 26 Jan. 55/3 It's so packed with people competing for space that clubbing becomes a literally painful experience.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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