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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

Banton then took on the charge, clubbing four sixes in his 24-ball knock as England remain unbeaten in the shortest format this summer.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

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

Possible targets include rheumatoid arthritis, anemia and finger clubbing.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 4, 2026

He tells her about his travels: the clubbing on top of a train, leaping off to save his life, the hunger, thirst, and fear.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

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