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joint

  [joint]
–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, esp. as served at table.
5. Slang. a marijuana cigarette.
6. Slang.
a. a dirty, cheap, or disreputable place of public accommodation or entertainment, esp. 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, esp. 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. Slang: 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. Law. joined together in obligation or ownership: joint heirs.
18. of or pertaining to both branches of a bicameral legislature.
19. pertaining to or noting diplomatic action in which two or more governments are formally united.
–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. to file the teeth of (a saw) to uniform height.
25. Masonry. to finish (a mortar joint), as by striking.
–verb (used without object)
26. to fit together by or as if by joints: The cinder blocks jointed neatly.
—Idiom
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.
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Origin:
1250–1300; 1900–05 for def. 6; ME < OF joint, jointe < L junctum, juncta, neut. and fem. of junctus (ptp. of jungere to join), equiv. to jung- join + -tus ptp. suffix

Synonyms:
14. united, combined, collaborative.
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n.  

    1. A place or part at which two or more things are joined.

    2. A way in which two or more things are joined: a mortise-and-tenon joint; flexible joints.

    3. A point of articulation between two or more bones, especially such a connection that allows motion.

    4. A point in the exoskeleton of an invertebrate at which movable parts join, as along the leg of an arthropod.

    5. A cheap or disreputable gathering place: "The tavern is . . . just a joint with Formica tables, a vinyl floor, lights over the mirrors" (Scott Turow).

    6. A building or dwelling.

    7. A prison. Often used with the.

  2. Anatomy

    1. A point of articulation between two or more bones, especially such a connection that allows motion.

    2. A point in the exoskeleton of an invertebrate at which movable parts join, as along the leg of an arthropod.

    3. A cheap or disreputable gathering place: "The tavern is . . . just a joint with Formica tables, a vinyl floor, lights over the mirrors" (Scott Turow).

    4. A building or dwelling.

    5. A prison. Often used with the.

  3. Botany An articulation on a fruit or stem, such as the node of a grass stem.

  4. Geology A fracture or crack in a rock mass along which no appreciable movement has occurred.

  5. A large cut of meat for roasting.

  6. Slang

    1. A cheap or disreputable gathering place: "The tavern is . . . just a joint with Formica tables, a vinyl floor, lights over the mirrors" (Scott Turow).

    2. A building or dwelling.

    3. A prison. Often used with the.

  7. Slang A marijuana cigarette.

  8. Vulgar Slang A penis.

adj.  

  1. Shared by or common to two or more: our joint presence; a joint income-tax return.

  2. Sharing with another or others: a joint tenant.

  3. Formed or characterized by cooperation or united action: joint military maneuvers.

  4. Involving both houses of a legislature: a joint session of Congress.

  5. Law Regarded as one legal body; united in identity of interest or liability.

  6. Mathematics Involving two or more variables.

tr.v.   joint·ed, joint·ing, joints

  1. To combine or attach with a joint or joints: securely jointed the sides of the drawer.

  2. To provide or construct with joints: joint a boom on a crane.

  3. To separate (meat) at the joints.


[Middle English, from Old French, from past participle of joindre, to join; see join.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
joint

  1. n.
    a tavern; a speakeasy. (Prohibition.) : I wanted to open a joint, but I don't have the cash.
  2. n.
    a low-class establishment; a dive. : Let's get out of this crummy joint.
  3. n.
    a tobacco cigarette. : Why are beggars being choosers about their joints all of a sudden?
  4. n.
    a marijuana cigarette. : The joint wasn't enough to carry him very long.
  5. n.
    a penis. (Usually objectionable.) : He covered his joint and ran for the dressing room.
  6. n.
    a jail; a prison. (Underworld.) : Lefty just got out of the joint.
  7. n.
    a toilet. : I gotta get to the joint fast!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

joint  (n.)
c.1290, "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 1877, 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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: joint
Function: adjective
1 : common to two or more: as a : involving the combined activity or negligence of two or more joint tort> —see also JOINT TORTFEASOR —compare SEVERAL b : shared by or affecting two or more as a unit joint account>
2 : united, joined, or sharing with another (as in a right or status) <joint heirs>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: joint
Pronunciation: 'joint
Function: noun
: the point of contact between elements of an animal skeleton whether movable or rigidly fixed togetherwith the surrounding and supporting parts (as membranes, tendons, or ligaments) joint> —out of joint of a bone : having the headslipped from its socket
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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joint (joint)
n.
A point of articulation between two or more bones, especially such a connection that allows motion.

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Science Dictionary
joint   (joint)  Pronunciation Key 


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  1. Anatomy A usually movable body part in which adjacent bones are joined by ligaments and other fibrous tissues. See also ball-and-socket joint, hinge joint.

  2. Zoology A point in the exoskeleton of an invertebrate at which movable parts join, as along the leg of an arthropod.

  3. Botany A point on a plant stem from which a leaf or branch grows.


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