Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A condition in which the ends of the fingers and toes are enlarged and the nails are shiny and abnormally curved.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being or becoming clubbed or club-shaped, as the hands or feet.
- noun Same as
clubfoot . Seeclub-foot , 3. - noun The act of beating with a club: as, the police resorted to clubbing.
- noun In gardening, the process or progress of becoming clubrooted; also, the clubrooted condition.
- noun The act of forming a club; joint action or subscription for joint or individual benefit.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
club . - noun countable An instance of using a club.
- noun countable, medicine A thickening of the ends of fingers and toes.
- noun uncountable The practice of frequenting
nightclubs .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a condition in which the ends of toes and fingers become wide and thick; a symptom of heart or lung disease
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Examples
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The term clubbing is used to describe the swelling or enlarging of the tips of the fingers, with the nails curving downwards over the tip.
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While I tend to lean more toward an understated aesthetic myself – and did a whole project around that type of recycling fiftyRX3 – NOKI has his roots in clubbing and styling music performers, so that may lead his designs to be more costume than daily attire.
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No ice, no cold -- but seal clubbing is apparently quite popular in Namibia: Link
Boing Boing 2007
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Mobile clubbing is a mirror image of a terrorist outrage.
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The point of mobile clubbing is that an activity normally reserved for special occasions and places – parties, nightclubs – infiltrates daily life so thoroughly as to be indistinguishable from it.
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Mobile clubbing is an offshoot of flash-mobbing, a fad that was predicated on its ingenious pointlessness.
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The point of mobile clubbing is that an activity normally reserved for special occasions and places – parties, nightclubs – infiltrates daily life so thoroughly as to be indistinguishable from it.
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Mobile clubbing is an offshoot of flash-mobbing, a fad that was predicated on its ingenious pointlessness.
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Simply, mobile clubbing is turning up at a pre-arranged public place on mass where you begin to dance to the sound of your own personal stereo.
Dancing on platforms? Sooo 1970s Jonathan 2004
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And in clubbing Clement Sunday in 1 hour, 46 minutes with a nearly flawless baseline game, Agassi showed he is as strong as ever.
USATODAY.com - Agassi, Capriati return to tennis' elite 2001
bilby commented on the word clubbing
"n. uncountable The practice of frequenting nightclubs."
I like the way uncountable is slipped in there, seems like a nod to Keith Richards.
January 6, 2013