glee club

noun

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: a chorus organized for singing usually short pieces

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sang with the glee club in college
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Overstreet’s Sam was a transfer student to William McKinley High School, who joined the football team and the school’s glee club New Directions. — Denise Petski, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026 Splitting time between the hustle and bustle of NYC and the glee club back at William McKinley just didn’t quite work. — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 22 Oct. 2026 Cory Monteith, who played glee club co-captain and football team quarterback Finn Hudson, died at 31 in 2013 from a toxic mix of alcohol and heroin. — Saba Hamedy, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026 Disney+ and Hulu have greenlit a reboot of Ryan Murphy‘s musical dramedy about a high school glee club, according to multiple reports. — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for glee club

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First Known Use

1814, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of glee club was in 1814

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glee club

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: a group of people who sing together especially as a social activity in a school or college
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