case the joint
Main Entry:  case the joint
Part of Speech:  v
Definition:  to look over an establishment, usually with the intention to rob
Usage:  slang
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Case the joint is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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Slang Dictionary

case the joint definition


  1. tv.
    to look over some place to figure out how to break in, what to steal, etc. (Underworld. See also joint.) : First of all you gotta case the joint to see where things are.
  2. tv.
    to look a place over. (No criminal intent. From sense 1.) : The dog came in and cased the joint, sniffing out friends and foes.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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