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noun

Definition of clubbingnext
as in thumping

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verb

present participle of club
1
as in cooperating
to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members clubbed together to share their love of model rockets

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2
as in licking
to strike repeatedly frustrated, the gardener clubbed the inoffensive weed into submission

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Recent Examples of clubbing
Noun
Some of the banner’s most successful cultural initiatives include Cinema Paradiso, a festival dedicated to movies, food and clubbing which has been housed at some of Paris’ most prestigious venues, from the Grand Palais to the Louvre. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 10 June 2026 Tilley was a close friend of Bowery’s after meeting while out clubbing, and in 2025 wrote his biography. — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
Verb
The rookie made history, clubbing a 368-foot, two-run shot to right field to become the first player to hit three home runs in his major-league debut as the Cardinals beat the Cubs 8-4. — Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026 Victor Figueroa has, however, had a breakout in the Orioles system, clubbing 22 homers in just 78 High-A games this season. — Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 27 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for clubbing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clubbing
  1. thumping
  2. cooperating
  3. licking
  4. smashing
  5. uniting
  6. pounding
  7. thrashing
  8. collaborating
Noun
  • And Poe, like all the great spooky writers, never explains the thumping but allows the mystery to linger!
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026
  • One guy in cargo shorts and a battered Ramones T-shirt kept casting dirty looks at the sky, clearly annoyed at the thumping of the TV news helicopters — there were at least three overhead at all times — drowning out his commentary.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of thumping
Verb
  • Gonzalez can be seen on a video recorded by a witness cooperating with federal law enforcement explaining how her scheme worked.
    — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • He was transferred out of the jail to a prison for cooperating witnesses.
    — Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of cooperating
Verb
  • Which is funny, because the cat-cow’s here in Crap Central with us, licking something off Carl’s boot.
    — George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Teams have to be licking their chops after seeing what Tampa Bay did to Dallas last Thursday night, especially considering the defense (or lack thereof) that the Cowboys have shown through five weeks.
    — Jonathan Rubin, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of licking
Noun
  • Wrigley Field, a National Historic Landmark built in 1914, had never seen a debut this smashing.
    — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • This year’s record-smashing El Niño will do more than just shift and enhance patterns of heat, extreme rainfall and drought around the world.
    — Ben Noll, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of smashing
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  • Holiday Fantasy celebrates this enduring legacy, uniting unmatched craftsmanship with the world-class service and personal care that have defined Neiman Marcus for over a century.
    — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The European Composer and Songwriter Alliance helps fill that gap, uniting national associations to lobby policymakers and guide young composers through contracts and negotiations.
    — Ben Croll, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of uniting
Verb
  • Groups of young people were seen dancing with music pounding through the crowd as meters away tear gas billowed into the air.
    — Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
  • At the moment, the good detective is strutting around the float, kicking the wheels and pounding the floorboards.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of pounding
Noun
  • Higher still, Kerr led me up a steep groove that demanded such vicious thrashing and groveling that my whole body hurt.
    — Daniel Duane, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The world’s richest person, MAGA donor, chainsaw waver, baby daddy and would-be Mars colonizer takes a thrashing.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of thrashing
Verb
  • Meta and Apple, meanwhile, are collaborating on a new Muse AI model that will run locally on Mac computers and will allow customers to use Muse Spark for coding, video analysis, and other agentic tasks.
    — John Kell, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • His comments came as the MIA Market in Rome kicked off with a panel on European producers collaborating in an EU-wide audiovisual policy amid a global business upended by consolidation and acquisitions of European companies by American rivals.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of collaborating

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“Clubbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clubbing. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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