clip joint

noun

Definition of clip jointnext
slang
as in key club

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Recent Examples of clip joint While not all clip joints offer refreshments, a fair number find this is a popular extra in a competitive industry. — Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clip joint
  1. public house
  2. watering hole
  3. speakeasy
  4. saloon
  5. dive
  6. tavern
  7. pub
  8. barroom
Noun
  • Listen to Live Music Cedar Mountain Outpost is a little bit of everything—deli, wine shop, public house, and live music venue, improbably set within a gas station.
    — Belinda Luksic, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
  • This provoked what became known as the Aston Riot, with nearby public houses wrecked and violent brawls ensuing.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2026
Definition of public house
Noun
  • Where to Eat and Drink There are exactly two permanent watering holes in King Salmon.
    — Bailey Berg, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The Mystic of my childhood, though, had a modicum of edge — kids with anarchy symbols on their jackets skateboarded outside a coffee shop that reeked of weed, and locals got rowdy at a dysfunctional watering hole called the Draw Bridge Inne.
    — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2026
Definition of watering hole
Noun
  • For the perfect ending, grab a cocktail at Station, or give the ultra-secret code (check their Instagram Stories to find it) to get into The Pharmacy, an upscale speakeasy.
    — Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Table service is de rigueur at Red Frog, a subterranean speakeasy just off Avenida Liberdade.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of speakeasy
Noun
  • The saloon underwent construction over subsequent decades as the area grew; the joint has been called The Buffalo Rose since 1981.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 31 July 2026
  • The area was once home to Frontier City and Stagecoach Stop, roadside attractions that had a bank, blacksmith, general store, jailhouse, livery stable and saloon, all popular establishments featured in popular Western films.
    — JANELLE D. JAMES, ABC News, 29 July 2026
Definition of saloon
Noun
  • But some cracks have also started to appear, including a dive in semiconductor stocks that led to a crash in the South Korean market.
    — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Despite drones, dive teams and dogs, search efforts by law enforcement for any trace of Liz have come up dry.
    — Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of dive
Noun
  • Because Ulf the White, the drunken tavern-dweller, cannot be found.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The Lantern tavern threw the first iteration of the block party in 2016 as a celebration for its 50th anniversary.
    — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of tavern
Noun
  • Thirsty visitors to Wrexham are well served by The Turf, once the location of the club’s dressing rooms and now one of the most recognisable football pubs in the country thanks to the Welcome to Wrexham documentary series.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Instead, Farage's main opponent is Count Binface, a political satirist posing as a comic space alien, with a keen interest in earthly matters, including the positioning of a hand dryer in the men's toilet in a pub in west London.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of pub
Noun
  • Throughout their first five albums, the band has spun a web, not unlike the orb weavers of their native Virginia, that marries country, rock, honky-tonk grit and Appalachian soul with rowdy barroom energy.
    — Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
  • This fine-dining restaurant puts as much care into its barroom burger as its seven-course tasting menu, letting its open hearth work magic on the double-decker beauty.
    — Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 6 May 2026
Definition of barroom

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