glee club

American  

noun

1. a chorus organized for singing choral music.

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glee club British  

noun

1. a club or society organized for the singing of choral music

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Etymology

Origin of glee club

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

In David Spade’s comedy “Dickie Roberts, Former Child Star,” Mr. Dow sang in the front row of a glee club of former child stars.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2022

Our review of “A Lingering Reek” warned of plot spoilers but neglected to include them: Clive hid the doorknobs; Aunt Janice is really Audrey’s nephew; and Doris murdered the glee club.

From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2022

Disloyalty, in the form of joining the glee club, is sedition.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2021

Martha, the family’s American-born citizen, would bounce from the Bremerton High glee club to a stint at UW to her parents’ latest venture: farming.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2021

First there’d be regular church, then a program, then a glee club competition, then another sermon, then different choirs would sing.

From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose