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• present participle of club.

clubbing

American  

[kluhb-ing] / ˈklʌb ɪŋ /

noun

Informal.

• clubbings
  plural

1. the activity of going to nightclubs, especially to dance to popular music, drink, and socialize.

   Clubbing every night is expensive, not to mention tiring.

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clubbing British  

/ ˈklʌbɪŋ /

noun

1. the activity of frequenting nightclubs and similar establishments

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• clubbings
  plural

Etymology

Origin of clubbing

club + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

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clubbing clubbings

The scene where Harris approached a captured bug, rocking an ankle-length black trench coat with his blonde hair in a close crew cut, was the closest “Troopers” came to clubbing the audience in the ribs.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

It’s such a primal feeling to go clubbing, to all come together and dance to a beat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

"There's a very big relationship with Ibiza. They're just a clubbing community. London is punchier, groovier. So I had to build a different set for tonight."

From BBC ● May 23, 2026

Possible targets include rheumatoid arthritis, anemia and finger clubbing.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 4, 2026

"Or is it all just clubbing and shopping trips?"

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

It is a white-hot musical experience that invokes the malaise of the times better than all the sit-ins, beards, beads and clubbings that wrench contemporary life.

From Time Magazine Archive

So they passed from my sight into the regions of the honeymoon, and the clubbings and general hidings which follow it.

From Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front by A. G. (Alfred Greenwood) Hales