club vs tandem

club

noun
  • An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation. 

  • The slice of bread in the middle of a club sandwich. 

  • A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards. 

  • Any set of people with a shared characteristic. 

  • A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything. 

  • An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub. 

  • A playing card marked with such a symbol. 

  • A club sandwich. 

  • An implement to hit the ball in certain ball games, such as golf. 

  • A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund. 

verb
  • To combine into a club-shaped mass. 

  • To turn the breech of (a musket) uppermost, so as to use it as a club. 

  • To hit with a club. 

  • To join together to form a group. 

  • To go to nightclubs. 

  • To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion. 

  • To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end. 

  • To raise, or defray, by a proportional assessment. 

  • We went clubbing in Ibiza. 

  • To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense. 

  • To drift in a current with an anchor out. 

tandem

noun
  • A group of two or more people, machines etc. working together; close collaboration. 

  • A method of language learning based on mutual exchange, where ideally each learner is a native speaker in the language the other person wants to learn. 

  • A bicycle or tricycle in which two people sit one behind the other, both able to pedal but only the person in front able to steer. 

  • A carriage pulled by two or more draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other, both providing the pulling power but only the animal in front able to steer. 

adv
  • One behind the other. 

adj
  • Together; working as one. 

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