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noun
1.
the place at which two things, or separate parts of one thing, are joined or united, either rigidly or in such a way as to permit motion; juncture.
2.
a connection between pieces of wood, metal, or the like, often reinforced with nails, screws, or glue.
3.
Anatomy, Zoology.
a.
the movable or fixed place or part where two bones or elements of a skeleton join.
b.
the form or structure of such a part, as a ball-and-socket, hinge, pivot, etc.
4.
one of the large portions into which a section of meat is divided by a butcher, as the shoulder or leg, especially as served at table.
5.
EXPANDSlang. a marijuana cigarette.
6.
Slang.
a.
a dirty, cheap, or disreputable place of public accommodation or entertainment, especially a restaurant or nightclub.
b.
a place or establishment, as a hotel, restaurant, etc.: We stayed in a very classy joint near the ocean.
7.
Biology.
a.
a part, especially of a plant, insect, etc., connected with another part by an articulation, node, or the like.
b.
a portion between two articulations, nodes, or the like.
8.
Botany. the part of a stem from which a branch or leaf grows; node.
9.
Geology. a fracture plane in rocks, generally at right angles to the bedding of sedimentary rocks and variously oriented in igneous and metamorphic rocks, commonly arranged in two or more sets of parallel intersecting systems.
10.
Mathematics. knot (def. 12).
11.
the joint, Slang. prison: He got out of the joint just before Christmas.
12.
COLLAPSESlang: Vulgar. penis.
adjective
13.
shared by or common to two or more: a joint obligation.
14.
undertaken or produced by two or more in conjunction or in common: a joint reply; a joint effort.
15.
sharing or acting in common: joint members of a committee.
16.
joined or associated, as in relation, interest, or action: joint owners.
17.
EXPANDLaw. joined together in obligation or ownership: joint heirs.
18.
of or pertaining to both branches of a bicameral legislature.
19.
COLLAPSEpertaining to or noting diplomatic action in which two or more governments are formally united.
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Jointing
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
verb (used with object)
20.
to unite by a joint or joints.
21.
to form or provide with a joint or joints.
22.
to cut (a fowl, piece of meat, etc.) at the joint; divide at a joint; separate into pieces at the joints: to joint a chicken.
23.
Carpentry.
a.
to prepare (a board or the like) for fitting in a joint.
b.
to true the bottom of (a wooden plane body) to allow even movement along the surface of the work.
24.
EXPANDto file the teeth of (a saw) to uniform height.
25.
COLLAPSEMasonry. to finish (a mortar joint), as by striking.
verb (used without object)
Idiom26.
to fit together by or as if by joints: The cinder blocks jointed neatly.
27.
out of joint,
a.
dislocated, as a bone.
b.
in an unfavorable state; inauspicious: The time is out of joint.
c.
out of keeping; inappropriate: Such behavior seems wholly out of joint with their fine upbringing.
Origin:
1250–1300; 1900–05 for def. 6; Middle English < Old French joint, jointe < Latin junctum, juncta, neuter and feminine of junctus (past participle of jungere to join), equivalent to jung- join + -tus past participle suffix
1250–1300; 1900–05 for def. 6; Middle English < Old French joint, jointe < Latin junctum, juncta, neuter and feminine of junctus (past participle of jungere to join), equivalent to jung- join + -tus past participle suffix
Related forms
sub·joint, noun
un·der·joint, noun
Synonyms
14. united, combined, collaborative.
14. united, combined, collaborative.
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Word Origin & History
joint
late 13c., "a part of a body where two bones meet and move in contact with one another," from O.Fr. joint, from L. junctus, pp. of jungere "join" (see jugular). Slang meaning of "place, building, establishment" (esp. one where persons meet for shady activities) first recorded
EXPAND1877, Amer.Eng., from an earlier Anglo-Irish sense (1821), perhaps on the notion of a side-room, one "joined" to a main room. The original U.S. sense was especially of "an opium-smoking den." Meaning "marijuana cigarette" (1938) is perhaps from notion of something often smoked in common, but there are other possibilities; earlier joint in drug slang meant "hypodermic outfit" (1935). Meaning "prison" is from 1953.
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Medical Dictionary
joint (joint)
n.
A point of articulation between two or more bones, especially such a connection that allows motion.
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