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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. See club-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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  • "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